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“Breaking Barriers to Criminal Justice Transformation - Opportunities and Risks for Devolution” Dr Jon Bashford

Co author of ‘Doing it justice: Breaking barriers to criminal justice transformation’ with Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE, the Right Hon. Hazel Blears, Huw Howell and Sherife Hasan

Westminster Legal Policy Forum Keynote Seminar: Next steps for the devolution of criminal justice – service transformation, new partnerships and meeting local needs

Breaking Barriers: Doing it Justice Review

• Seven month engagement
• 40 different stakeholders from across Criminal Justice System, along with

areas interested in Criminal Justice Devolution

• Four project partners:
• Supported by Revolving Doors Agency
• ‘Test and confirm’ workshop of Lived Experience with offenders and ex-
• ffenders
• Focus on opportunities and risks in devolving criminal justice

Breaking Barriers to Criminal Justice Transformation Opportunities and Risks for Devolution

• System needs transformation, not reformation:
• CJS needs a marked change in its:
• Form
• Nature
• Appearance
• The means to ensure it is the most cost effective means of providing

reductions in offending and actually improves lives for the whole community reform

VERB Make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it NOUN The action or process of reforming an institution or practice

transform

VERB Make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of NOUN The product of a transformation

Breaking Barriers to Criminal Justice Transformation Opportunities and Risks for Devolution

Barriers to transformational change

Tensions between central control and place based change - the tensions

that can arise between the need for centrally controlled and accountable systems and services and the increasing drive towards devolution and local empowerment.

Limited capacity for innovation - achieving the right balance between ensuring

safety and security for the public, staff working in the system and offenders, and the need to innovate and provide appropriate and proportionate responses that will reduce offending and prevent reoffending.

Lack of integration - the need for greater integration between the Criminal Justice System and

sectors that have the greatest potential for achieving long term change, including health and mental health, substance misuse, education, housing, welfare and employment.

Breaking Barriers to Criminal Justice Transformation Opportunities and Risks for Devolution

Five Building Blocks for Place-based Transformational Change:

1) Co-commissioning & Co-design – National and devolved levels 2) Co-production – User Voice and role of Social and Private Sectors 3) Creating a life opportunities approach – engaging public and

communities at devolved levels

4) Intelligent & secure use of digital technologies – Data

sharing, local technology pilots

5) Devolved system leadership & workforce development –

Empowerment to work across systems and sectors

Breaking Barriers to Criminal Justice Transformation Opportunities and Risks for Devolution

Co-production

• 1. User voice and participation
• 2. Public engagement
• 3. Public, Private and Social Sector

Partnerships

• 4. Alliance contracting

Intelligent and secure use of technology

• 1. Police ICT convergence
• 2. Data sharing platforms
• 3. Interoperability
• 4. Population assessment
• 5. Enablement, education &

independence

• 6. Passporting

A PLACE FOR JUSTICE

Creating a life opportunities approach

• 1. Focusing on assets & capabilities
• 2. Individual Citizen vs Offender
• 3. Relationships
• 4. Education, housing, employment
• 5. Targeted prevention e.g. Pupil

Referral Units

• 6. Crisis
• 7. Role of social sector
• 8. Transition between systems
• 9. Workforce development

Devolved system leadership and workforce development

• 1. Meeting the leadership challenges
• 2. Cross sector training/placements
• 3. Skills and competencies for

rehabilitation

• 4. Recruitment

Co-commissioning & Co-design

• 1. Whole community outcomes and

benefits

• 2. Delegated/blended models
• 3. Estates footprint and built

environment

• 4. Resettlement prisons and re-

rolement

• 5. Secure Schools
• 6. Women’s estate
• 7. Governance

“We expect people to fit into the system but don’t work the system so it fits people and their needs.”

(Social sector Stakeholder)

Breaking Barriers to Criminal Justice Transformation Opportunities and Risks for Devolution