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Press Release

10 Dec 2020

Inspectors call for Probation Board for Northern Ireland to further improve existing risk management

An independent inspection of probation practice in Northern Ireland published today (10 December 2020) by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) has recommended the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI)…

Report Published

10 Dec 2020

Probation and Public Safety

Inspectorate makes recommendations to improve PBNI risk management and governance

An inspection report on probation practice has made 11 recommendations to improve the Probation Board for Northern Ireland’s (PBNI’s) governance arrangements and deliver better services and outcomes.“The work of the…

Report Published

30 Nov 2020

Policing

Joint inspection report on police custody arrangements published

CJI’s Chief Inspector Jacqui Durkin has today published the findings of a joint inspection of police custody arrangements carried out by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland and colleagues from the…

Press Release

26 Nov 2020

Policing Crime

Chief Inspector welcomes ‘considerable progress’ in implementing business crime inspection recommend

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been found to have made ‘considerable progress’ in implementing recommendations to improve how business crime is dealt with in Northern Ireland. A…

Report Published

26 Nov 2020

Crime

CJI welcomes progress on improving response to business crime

CJI Chief Inspector Jacqui Durkin has commended the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for their considerable progress in implementing inspection recommendations made by CJI to improve how business crime…

Press Release

12 Nov 2020

Corporate Documents and News

Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland publishes Annual Report and Accounts for 2019-20

Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) has today (12 November 2020) published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2019-20. The report, which was approved by the Comptroller and Auditor General…

Article

12 Nov 2020

CJI publishes Annual Report and Accounts for 2019-20

Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) has today (12 November 2020) published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2019-20. The report outlines the work undertaken by the Inspectorate during…

Inspection Announced

11 Nov 2020

Prisons

CJI to undertake review of the use of Care and Supervision Units by the N.I. Prison Service

The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, Jacqui Durkin, has today (11 November) announced Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) is to undertake a review of the use…

Inspection Announced

3 Nov 2020

The Criminal Justice System

CJI commences inspection on how females are treated by the criminal justice system in NI

Inspectors have commenced work on an inspection of how the criminal justice system treats females in conflict with the law. Terms of reference for the inspection have been provided to…

Press Release

15 Oct 2020

Crime

Hidden in plain sight: Tackling modern slavery and human trafficking in Northern Ireland

Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) has published its first in-depth assessment of how the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland deals with modern slavery and human trafficking. The inspection…

Article

15 Oct 2020

Crime

CJI Inspection of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

Chief Inspector Jacqui Durkin talks about the findings of CJI’s first in-depth inspection of how the criminal justice system deals with modern slavery and human trafficking in Northern Ireland.

Article

1 Oct 2020

CJI is pleased to welcome two new appointees to its Inspection Team

CJI is pleased to welcome two new appointees to its Inspection Team. Muireann Bohill joins CJI having previously worked as a Senior Public Prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service for…

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