The Centre for Justice Innovation is proud to announce the launch of a pioneering study examining the barriers faced by those who have limited English skills when in contact with the criminal justice system.

We spoke to Vicky Day, Head of Prevention and Rehabilitation at Norfolk’s Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), about the WONDER project in Norfolk.

Sam Sanderson, Project Manager at Sussex Criminal Justice Board and Police and Crime Commissioner, told us about their Whole Systems Approach  project focusing on women in the Criminal Justice System.

In response to the ‘Justice Select Committee inquiry on HMCTS Court and Tribunal reforms, this briefing lays out the Centre’s view on online and virtual court hearings.

We spoke with, Gregory Yard, Senior Probation Officer and Mignon French, CSTR Programme Manager about their work with the Milton Keynes Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) testbed.

Sian Rees, Policy Lead for Youth Justice and Young Adults at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for South Wales, shared with us their work with young adults involved in the criminal justice system (CJS).

Stephen Sinnott, Community Family Support Team Leader at Partners of Prisoners (POPS), told us all about his innovative work with young adults and their families.

Simon Thorneycroft, Mental Health Strategic Co-ordinator with Dorset Police, told us about two schemes that run locally: the mental health street triage and the liaison and diversion service.

Paul Bullen, Director of Delivery at Northamptonshire Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC), spoke to us about some of their innovative work on mental health.

Local research on the experiences of people with mental health concerns who come into contact with the police and criminal justice system (CJS), resulted in a report with several recommendations. Paul provided two tangible examples of changes to practice as a result of this work.

We spoke with Amit Sethi, EU Head of Operations at SCRAM Systems, who provided an overview of his work and the rollout of the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) across England and Wales.