Data released under the Freedom of Information Act shows that, since August 2012, 57 have been detained in Maidenhead Police Station, Bridge Road, under the act, which gives the police the power to hold people ‘in a place of safety’ for 72 hours.

They can also be taken to hospitals to be held and assessed.

Reported by the Maidenhead Advertiser. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.