Of UK police shooting victims since 1990, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) victims make up 48% of those killed by the Metropolitan Police Force and 27% across forces throughout the UK.

In 2016, then Prime Minister David Cameron tasked David Lammy with leading a review of the criminal justice system's treatment of BAME individuals in England and Wales. The review can be found here: The Lammy Review

The Ministry of Justice says 16 of the recommendations have been implemented, but has not given us the details of which ones: Black Lives Matter: Have racial inequality reviews led to action?

We don't need more reviews, we need more action: David Lammy says, "Do something!"

For each recommendation of the Lammy Review:

Immediately begin implementation of the 35 recommendations that have yet to be implemented.

For each recommendation report publicly and accessibly:

1. Whether full or partial implementation is underway
2. What actions are being taken to implement it
3. If not being implemented, the reasons why

With the current heightened focus on the social disadvantages faced by ethnic minorities, the Government has announced its intention to hold yet another inquiry this time lead by Munira Mirza.

There is public concern that this inquiry may not result in positive change because the findings of previous inquiries have not been acted upon. Priority should be placed on implementing the recommendations of the Lammy Review and communicating progress with the public before holding further inquiries which history tells us will have no tangible outcomes.

Some of the Highlights for me of the Recommendations:

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.