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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.

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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 women’s 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.