What is CJI?

Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) is an independent, statutory inspectorate established in 2003 under s.45 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002. It is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) in the person of the Chief Inspector.

CJI is one-of a-kind as it is the only unified inspectorate within the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland that can look at all the agencies that make up the criminal justice system apart from the judiciary. Organisations which CJI can inspect include the police service, prison service, prosecution service, youth justice agency and Court and Tribunals Service and a number of other key criminal justice organisations.  We also inspect a range of other organisations with a regulatory or prosecutorial role which engage to a greater or lesser degree with the criminal justice system. Further details on the organisations in our remit can be found under Our Work.
 
This means CJI is in a unique position to identify issues that are common to some or all organisations and is in a strong position to promote partnership working, inter-organisational learning and best practice across and between the various agencies and organisations.