Yesterday I wrote about Kesia Leatherbarrow, a teenager from Lancashire who took her own life after being detained in a police cell for more than two days. Kesia, 17, suffered serious mental distress while she was locked away, pulling clumps of her hair and banging her head against concrete cell walls.
Kesia’s pain began long before she came into contact with the police. When she showed signs of mental illness in early adolescence there was little healthcare available for her.
