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Press Release

28 Sep 2022

Children and Young People

High care standards at Woodlands JJC but more collaboration with Lakewood Secure Care Centre needed

A new inspection by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) of Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre (Woodlands JJC) has praised the high standards of care and child-centred focus staff provided to…

Press Release

8 Jul 2022

Corporate Documents and News

CJI publishes Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22

Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) has today (8 July 2022) published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22. The report, which was approved by the Comptroller and Auditor…

Press Release

22 Jun 2022

Other Agencies and Organisations

Improvements in processing of Legal Aid payments ‘hampered’ by availability of Legal Aid funding

An inspection of how the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland (LSANI) administers criminal Legal Aid payments to solicitors and barristers has found the introduction of new information technology has improved…

Press Release

23 Mar 2022

Prosecution and the Courts

Inspectors find quality of court custody facilities in some NI courthouses ‘not fit for purpose’.

A new report by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) examining how detainees are held in court custody in Northern Ireland has found the quality of court custody areas in…

Press Release

28 Feb 2022

Greater ambition needed to reduce regime restrictions at Magilligan Prison

Leadership and staff at Magilligan Prison have been commended for their efforts to successfully protect prisoners and colleagues during the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining a regime where time out of…

Press Release

1 Feb 2022

Some prisoners in Care and Supervision Units experiencing regimes amounting to solitary confinement

An independent review of the operation of Care and Supervision Units in the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) led by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) has found some prisoners…

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