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My son has been on remand for 6 weeks. He had psychosis when he got arrested and is seriously ill. The courts wanted to send him to an MH unit, but there was none available, so they remanded him to prison. He is on the vulnerable unit. I only found out because I put a safeguard call out, and a nurse rang me back to say my son was very ill and was on suicide watch. It is 6 weeks later, and I still have not heard anything. I have rang everyone possible, even the prison Chaplain who went to check in on him today. He said he was very low and had been watched. They are stating he is still on suicide watch, is nonverbal now, and is still in deep psychosis. He has lost 3 stones in 7 weeks. I have only just been able to get money onto his canteen, but he is too ill to even use it. I have asked if there is anyone who can help him. I am just going around in circles..I feel like I am going insane. I can't function. My son was mentally ill when they arrested him; I don't even still know why or what he has been charged with, only what I have heard of his ex-girlfriend. He was too unwell to ple at crown court so the judge said he would be on remand for another eight months I don't think I can cope and I think my son will die from suicide if not taken to hospital.. it is torture.. absolute torture for all of us I need to post this in a new thread but don know how..please can you redirect it thank you

Copied and pasted from another thread as it was old and not getting attention