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Consultation on criminal justice joint inspection programme

Applies to England and Wales

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The response to the consultation on our joint inspection programme for 2025 to 2027聽

We would like to thank those who responded to the consultation on the proposed Criminal Justice Joint Inspection programme for 2025 to 2027.听

We received a total of 52 responses on our proposed topics.听

Experiences of victims of child sexual abuse of the criminal justice system聽

  • 38 respondents agreed that the experiences of victims of child sexual abuse of the criminal justice system should be a priority聽
  • 32 of the 38 respondents put this as the top priority聽
  • many of the 38 respondents mentioned Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommendations and compliance with the Victims鈥� Code

Operation Soteria聽

  • 27 respondents agreed that Operation Soteria should be a priority
  • 7 of the 27 respondents listed it as the top priority
  • most of the 27 respondents listed it as the second priority after experiences of victims of child sexual abuse of the criminal justice system聽

Support given to offenders with drug addiction聽

  • 18 respondents agreed that support given to offenders with drug addiction was a priority聽
  • most of the 18 respondents mentioned alcohol and drugs
  • some of the 18 respondents mentioned the support journey for offenders with addiction on leaving prison

Summary

This consultation document sets out the proposed programme of inspections of the Criminal Justice System for 2025 to 2027.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

The criminal justice inspectorates have a statutory duty to carry out a joint inspection programme.

Before we finalise this programme, a formal consultation must take place.

The consultation helps us make sure our joint inspection programme focuses on the right topics, is balanced and doesn鈥檛 duplicate the work of individual criminal justice inspectorates.

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Updates to this page

Published 20 November 2024
Last updated 19 May 2025 show all updates
  1. The consultation responses from the general public have been added.

  2. First published.

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