Publications

This guidance is issued by the Minister of Justice under Article 50 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.

Northern Ireland Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17

Here you can find helpful user guides for all of our Online Services. 

Analysis of NIPS prisoner population

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has a statutory obligation to appoint an Independent Medical Referee (IMR) to carry out an assessment and provide a report and certificate in respect of applications for ill health retirement and/or an Injury on Duty award from serving and forme

This bulletin is based on findings from the Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS). 

Here you will find information on a number of schemes available to you if you have been the victim of a crime. 

Here you will find updates from the event on tackling paramilitary activity.

Protocol for Extended Opening of Department of Justice (DoJ) Interface Gates [Townsend Street, Northumberland Street and North Howard Street] Outside of Normal Hours on an Ad-hoc Basis

Circular LSA 06-17 – Universal credit draws practitioners attention to Chapter 10 of Part 3 of The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 which makes amendments to regulation 5 Individu

The Department of Justice has launched a competition to appoint three trustees to the Board of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation.

A regular Youth Justice Agency publication to raise awareness of the work of the Agency amongst stakeholders.

The bulletin presents information on first time entrants (or, disposals relating to first offences) to the criminal justice system disaggregated by age, gender, offence category and disposal type for 2015/16. 

A report to review the progress against the nine inspection recommendations made in 2015.

The Research and Statistical Bulletin 25/2017 ‘Perceptions of Electronic Monitoring: Findings from the 2013/14 to 2015/16 Northern Ireland Crime Surveys’ is avaliable below.

Psychology programmes Horizon and Kaizen replacing SOTP. September 2017

FOI 17-42 Abortion correspondence.

FOI 17 45 Prostitution/Human trafficking correspondence.

Help and advice for those visiting a prison in Northern Ireland.

Here you will find the Terms of references and board members for the Interface Programme Board and also the Interface Inter-Agency Group.