Clinks and the Young Review response to the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection Business Plan 2018/19 Consultation

Clinks and the Young Review worked together to submit a response to the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection Business Plan 2018/19 Consultation. We have focused specifically on the proposal to undertake a scoping and feasibility study on ethnic disproportionality in the criminal justice system. We draw on our own and others’ previous work on race and the criminal justice system including the Young Review’s final report, David Lammy’s independent review into the treatment of, and outcomes for, black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals (BAME) in the criminal justice system, and Clinks’ recent response HMI Probation’s consultation on its inspection framework and programme. Our response outlines some of the key considerations we believe the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection will need to take into account when developing its proposed scoping and feasibility study into ethnic disproportionality in the criminal justice system and the potential for future thematic activity in this area.