Ms Caron McCaffrey:

The Prison Service absolutely agrees with the Deputy. The caseload of the national forensic mental health service within the prison system is approximately 250. So there are 250 prisoners who are deemed to have a severe and enduring mental illness, and that would generally be either psychosis or schizophrenia. We agree that prison is not the best place to provide them with care because it is not a therapeutic environment. However, I do have to say that we get a fantastic inreach service from the national forensic mental health service.