The report is based on insights from six consultations held in early 2024, highlighting the need for a fair and effective CJS that engages individuals with lived experience and prioritises evidence-based policies. Key recommendations include improving victim services, enhancing prison conditions, tackling institutional biases, and fostering a more equitable and rehabilitative justice system. The CJA calls on the new government to partner with civil society to implement these reforms.

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Recently, the government rejected the Justice Committee’s recommendation to include a ‘right to access restorative justice services’, which the CJA had advocated for in evidence to the Committee. We are disappointed with this decision but remain committed to continuing discussions with ministers and officials and will seek to put down amendments to the Bill. The intention of the recommendation is to ensure victims receive information to make an informed choice about restorative justice and to support them in coping and recovering from the harm they have experienced.

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We emphasise that victims should have a statutory entitlement to be informed about restorative justice (RJ) and how to access RJ, and a statutory right to be automatically referred to an RJ service. We urge the government to reintroduce a national RJ action plan, which sets out how access, awareness and capacity will be improved within the criminal justice system. The government should publish its annual progress against this action plan, and a new plan should be developed and laid before Parliament at least every five years.

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