Criminal Justice Inspectorate Yearly Meeting
– which they call their Stakeholder Conference

In the spirit of the conference which focuses on young people, this article and the next one were edited by a team of young people from the Give and Take Scheme (Include Youth) in order to make it more accessible to younger readers.

The Criminal Justice Inspectorate meeting for those involved with the criminal justice system when all the organizations inspected by CJI get
together is called their Stakeholder Conference.The meeting will be held in the Belfast Hilton Hotel on the 19th January 2005.

This year the conference will look at children and young people. It will
explore how the criminal justice system affects their lives. For the first time young people will be asked for their opinion on the criminal justice system.There will be time for people attending the conference to
discuss the points raised by the young people.

The main purpose of the meeting is to give a public account of what the
criminal justice inspectorate will be doing in the coming year. CJI will be
asking all interested parties what they feel CJI should concentrate on.
Criminal Justice Inspectorate must submit their plans by March 2005.
This meeting is a chance for those attending to have their say before
this happens.

The meeting will hear Duncan Morrow, chairman of the community Relations Council, and Kit Chivers, Chief Inspector of CJINI who will each speak on what they consider to be the way ahead.Their ideas will be discussed in four different groups.

The groups will be divided into:
• Policing
• Prosecution and the Courts
• Custody and Human Rights
• Probation and Youth Justice