Welcome
to the Criminal Justice Alliance website
The Criminal Justice Alliance (formerly
the Penal Affairs Consortium) is a coalition of organisations committed
to improving the criminal justice system. Find out more about us here.
What's new?
Open
letter calls for funding for bereaved families to participate in inquests
The Criminal Justice Alliance
has published an open letter to Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State
for Justice, calling on him to amend the Coroners and Justice Bill to
introduce financial support for bereaved families to participate in
and be legally represented at inquests relating to deaths in state custody.
The letter is signed by 35 leading criminal justice and human rights
organisations. To read the letter click here,
and to read the accompanying press release, click here.
Ministry
of Justice funding available for third sector to prevent and reduce
offending by women
As announced on 3 February 2009, the Ministry of Justice
will be investing £15.6m of new money to prevent and reduce offending
by women. The funding will invest in the provision of additional services
in the community to build capacity of one stop shop services at womens
centres and other specialist provision for women in the community. The
Ministry of Justice is inviting bids for grants of up to £500,000
from third sector providers. Any interested organisation must complete
a pre-qualifying-questionnaire (PQQ) to be considered the closing
date for return of PQQs is 3 July 2009. To download an information pack,
click here.
Download the PQQ here.