Press Releases
November 2021
Thousands of people with a mental illness are coming into the criminal justice system each year but their needs are being missed at every stage. “Broken” system for sharing information between agencies, with confusion over data protection rules and incomplete/inaccurate records. Shortage of services and long delays to access them – made worse by the […]
Published: 17 November 2021
July 2021
The police and Crown Prosecution Service need to fundamentally change their approach to working together on rape cases, a new report has found.
Published: 16 July 2021
Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system – more effective support needed, say inspectorates.
Published: 15 July 2021
January 2021
Chief Inspectors: ‘Crown Court delays pose greatest risk to criminal justice’ All four of Her Majesty’s Justice Chief Inspectors have united to express “grave concerns” about the potential long-term impact of Covid-19-related court backlogs on the criminal justice system across England and Wales.
Published: 19 January 2021
February 2020
A programme originally set up to tackle persistent offenders has “lost its way” and better leadership is needed to get it back on track, according to inspectors. Integrated Offender Management (IOM) was supposed to bring together police, probation services and other agencies to identify and manage repeat offenders in local communities. HM Inspectorate of Probation […]
Published: 28 February 2020
January 2020
Building successful domestic abuse prosecutions without the victim’s support is possible but challenging for police and prosecutors. A joint report published by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has concluded that the handling of evidence led domestic abuse prosecutions requires improvement. If […]
Published: 23 January 2020
October 2019
Children and young people released from young offender institutions are getting too little support in the community and are being “set up to fail”, according to a new report. HM Inspectorate of Probation and HM Inspectorate of Prisons followed the experiences of 50 children and young people released from all five young offender institutions across England […]
Published: 08 October 2019
August 2019
Young offender institutions (YOIs) are largely failing to prepare children they release to live safe, law-abiding and productive lives in the community, according to a new report by two criminal justice inspectorates. In too many case, those released do not have suitable accommodation lined up in time for the necessary support services to be put […]
Published: 08 August 2019
October 2018
The report published today by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) reviews the progress made since the last update, published in 2015, on the 2013 joint report: Living in a Different World (PDF, 2 MB). The 2015 update was critical of the […]
Published: 09 October 2018
March 2018
Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and police are doing often effective work to keep children who have committed mostly low-level offences out of the formal criminal justice system, according to a joint criminal justice inspectorate report. Inspectors from HM Inspectorate of Probation and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services looked at work in […]
Published: 28 March 2018