ADHD in the criminal justice system | Sponsored
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
This episode was initiated and funded by Takeda UK Ltd.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects millions worldwide, yet its presence within the criminal justice system is often misunderstood or overlooked.
In this podcast we navigate the complex landscape where ADHD and the criminal justice system intercept; shedding light on the unique challenges and misconceptions faced by people with ADHD in prisons and the opportunities for improved care and support.
From late diagnosis to repeated prison sentences, the impact of ADHD can shape outcomes in profound and often unrecognised ways.
Host Emma Haslett is joined by Dr Tony Lloyd, the CEO of the ADHD Foundation; Sir Robert Buckland, the former Secretary of State for Justice and MP; Daley Jones, trustee at ADHD Liberty; and Sarah Templeton, an ADHD author and therapist, to explore the stories of those living at this intersection.
This podcast was recorded and produced before the 2024 General Election was announced.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:05.0 | This podcast has been initiated and funded by Takeda UK limited. |
| 0:11.0 | I've met so many people who've left the justice system who then found out that they had |
| 0:17.2 | ADHD and ADHD and autism for example and they look back and think how much their lives how different |
| 0:25.4 | their lives could have been had that difference that need that different mind |
| 0:31.8 | being identified in childhood. |
| 0:34.4 | My name is Dr Tony Lloyd, I'm the chief executive of the ADHD Foundation |
| 0:39.0 | Neurod Diversity, |
| 0:40.9 | which is in educational psychology and psychotherapy but also have worked in a clinical |
| 0:48.4 | setting now for past 15 years. |
| 0:58.0 | Welcome to this special podcast brought to you by the New Statesman's Spotlight team. We cover policy for those who shape it and the businesses it affects. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm Emma Haslett. |
| 1:05.0 | ADHD affects millions worldwide, |
| 1:08.0 | yet its presence within the criminal justice system |
| 1:10.0 | is often misunderstood or overlooked. |
| 1:12.0 | In this podcast, we're going to navigate the complex landscape |
| 1:14.7 | where attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| 1:17.0 | and the criminal justice system intersect. |
| 1:19.6 | Shedding light on the unique challenges and misconceptions faced by people with ADHD in prisons and the |
| 1:24.8 | opportunities for improved care and support. From late diagnosis to repeated prison |
| 1:30.4 | sentences the impact of ADHD can shape outcomes in profound and often unrecognized ways. |
| 1:37.0 | Join us as we explore the stories of those living at this intersection. I think what you have in our prison system is a pipeline where we know that any children who has one of these different minds, these |
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