
David Lammy wrote the PM a letter:
https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/1276196899796762625/
We see here that there are plenty that they “say” they’ve “completed”, but maybe they actually simply mean addressed. But where is the public record of this?
Here are some I think are particularly interesting:
4: If CJS agencies cannot provide an evidence based explanation for apparent disparities between ethnic groups then reforms should be introduced to address those disparities. This principle of ‘explain or reform’ should apply to every CJS institution.
8: Where practical all identifying information should be redacted from case information passed to them by the police, allowing the CPS to make race-blind decisions.
13: As part of the court modernisation programme, all sentencing remarks in the Crown Court should be published in audio and/or written form. This would build trust by making justice more transparent and comprehensible or victims, witnesses and offenders.
19: Each year, magistrates should follow an agreed number of cases in the youth justice system from start to finish, to deepen their understanding of how the rehabilitation process works. The MoJ should also evaluate whether their continued attachment to these cases has any observable effect on reoffending rates.
35: To ensure that the public understands the case for reform of the criminal records regime, the MoJ, HMRC and DWP should commission and publish a study indicating the costs of unemployment among ex-offenders.