Justice unveils blueprint to cut remand population: https://t.co/jUwVoO9je2

It sets out a blueprint for improving decision-making in Magistrates’ Courts to: 📉 Reverse this over-use of pre-trial detention 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Increase the diversity of the magistracy, & ⚖️ Improve fairness overall. Read more:  https://t.co/8t5DkmHVLX (3/3)

JUSTICE previously found evidence showing people are being imprisoned awaiting trial without proper legal reasons given for holding them. Our new report outlines urgent reforms to address these problems. (2/3)

📢 New report: Over 1 in 10 prison places are taken by people awaiting trial – a record high. Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls. The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)

JUSTICE urges Peers to support Lord Vaux’s amendments, to i) restrict the use of force to things, not people in the Bill itself, or ii) remove it entirely. (4/4) Read more:

The Government’s verbal reassurances that force will only be used on things rather than people aren’t good enough; it is what is written in the law that counts. This dangerously broad clause would give the DWP the right to use force against people too. (3/4)

One of the most draconian things the law can do is empower the state to use force on people & property. Many benefits recipients experience vulnerabilities & a recent inquiry found the DWP’s safeguarding of vulnerable people “deficient” – this power would risk further harm (2/4)

DWP officers will get the power to use ‘reasonable force’ on benefits recipients when investigating fraud unless the Lords amend the Public Authorities (Fraud Error & Debt) Bill tomorrow. Here’s why JUSTICE is urging Lords to make that change and prevent these new powers: (1/4)

Our Legal Director Stephanie Needleman joined BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live to explain why staying in the European Convention on Human Rights matters. The convention protects our vital freedoms and we would all lose out if the UK withdraws. 📺 Watch: https://t.co/FEan2Zf9pM

Just days to go until the JUSTICE Annual Lecture Thurs 16 Oct, 6:30pm at @BakerMcKenzie (London) or online. Hear from Kate Green & Kaya Comer-Schwartz, sharing perspectives from Manchester and London on building safer communities. Free tickets:

📢 Early bird tickets for the JUSTICE Annual Conference close soon! Join us on Fri 7 Nov at A&O Shearman (or online) for one of the UK’s leading justice events. Hear from the AG, Shadow AG, Lord Briggs, Keir Monteith KC, Ade Adedeji, and more. Book now:

Yesterday at #CPC25, JUSTICE, @WeAreLAPG & @APPGJustice held a powerful panel on Justice as a Public Service. JUSTICE’s @TZSteele & @EllenLefley discussed criminal justice, backlogs, prisons & AI with Lord Sandhurst KC, @DrNShastriHurst MP & @RohiniJanaLAPG

Are you at #CPC25? Join JUSTICE’s @TZSteele & @EllenLefley with Lord Sandhurst KC & @RohiniJanaLAPG shortly to discuss ‘Justice as a Public Service’ - a fringe event with @WeAreLAPG & @SocConLaw. 🗓️ Today (Mon 6) 4–5.30pm 📍 Midland Hotel (secure zone) https://t.co/BAHrDHZA5U

📢 Join us for the Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture at Baker McKenzie, London, on 16 Oct, 6:30pm. Speakers: Kate Green, Deputy Mayor for Safer & Stronger Communities (GM) and a second justice leader (TBA!) Free tickets:

The police are entrusted with keeping the public safe. That trust must be earned - and it must be accountable. Full story here: https://t.co/csbtRtoxWZ [4/4]

The police cannot self-regulate. The Met must publicly & unequivocally accept the Casey Review's findings - that it is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic - and the gov't must urgently review how police accountability can be improved. [3/4]

While the footage is shocking, it is not new: repeated investigations document systemic failures in how police treat racialised communities and women, and warn of a culture of institutional defensiveness - something the documentary shows remains deeply entrenched. [2/4]

Last night’s Panorama documentary exposed clear racism, misogyny, and a culture of impunity within the Met. This endangers the public and fundamentally undermines trust and policing by consent. [1/4]

We’re delighted to announce @UsmanTariq as the new Chair of JUSTICE Scotland. He succeeds Almira Delibegović-Broome KC, who led with dedication for three years - huge thanks for her leadership. Read more: https://t.co/1LCmRaHI4A

Thanks to all who joined our #Lab25 future of criminal justice panel with @JakeBenRichards, @ClareMoody4PCC, Kate Green, @Fi_Rutherford1, Cassia Rowland & @NJ_Davies (with @instituteforgov). A vital discussion on building a system that works.