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Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman
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The office of the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, was first established in Northern Ireland in 2005.[1]
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The office's governing statutes are the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004,[2] the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010[3] and the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016[4]
The ombudsman's function are to:
- investigate complaints submitted to it by individual prisoners whose complaints were not resolved by the Prison Service Internal Complaints Process[5]
- complete death in custody investigations, as well as answering family concerns; identifying any learning points for the prison service.[6]
- investigate complaints submitted to it by individual prisoners whose complaints or concerns were not resolved by the Visit Manager[7]
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