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  • Closed consultation Proposed strategy to support and challenge women and girls in contact with the justice system

    Topics:
    • Justice and the law, 
    • Policing and community safety, 
    • Prisons

    Consultation closed Consultation opened 14 January 2021, 10.00 am and closed 12 March 2021, 11.59 am

    Summary

    The Department of Justice has launched a public consultation on a proposed justice-wide strategy to support and challenge women and girls in contact with the justice system. This strategy is focused on women and girls who are at risk of offending or who have offended and recognises the justice system could do more to support them using a gender and trauma informed approach. The strategy covers the range of contact women and girls may have with the justice system.

    Documents

    • Proposed strategy to support and challenge women and girls in contact with the justice system Adobe PDF (4 MB)
    • Consultation questionnaire Microsoft Word (1 MB)
    • Easy read consultation Microsoft Word (824 KB)
    • Evidence base Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Rural needs impact assessment Adobe PDF (428 KB)
    • Rural needs impact assessment - annex a Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Privacy notice Adobe PDF (104 KB)
    • Equality screening Adobe PDF (4 MB)

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    Consultation description

    The proposed strategy to support and challenge women and girls in contact with the justice system builds on the previous work to reduce women’s offending. It recognises the need to provide a tailored approach for women and girls and focuses, where possible, on acting as early as possible to support women and girls to follow a pathway from offending. The propose strategy covers the extent of engagement women and girls might have with justice and is framed under three themes: Prevention and Diversion, In the Community and In Custody and Rehabilitation.

    Ways to Respond

    Responses can also be submitted by:

    • visiting the Citizenspace platform on the Nidirect website to complete the questionnaire online. Note you will be directed to an external website. Or alternatively you can complete the questionnaire and return via
    • email to: DOJ.ROPU@justice-ni.x.gsi.gov.uk
    • post to:
    ROPU Consultation
    Department of Justice
    Room 308
    Dundonald House
    Upper Newtownards Road
    Ballymiscaw
    Belfast
    BT4 3SU

    Ways to respond

    Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.

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