Revolving Doors

📢 "With the current pressures across the criminal justice system, continuing to deal with low-level, vulnerable offenders in the same way makes little operational sense. It wastes officer time, clogs up courts, and fails to make communities safer." Revolving Doors Chief Executive Pavan Dhaliwal and Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside Emily Spurrell have written for Policing Insight about the need for a national police diversion strategy. There has been a 35% decline in the use of Out of Court Diversions (OOCDs) since 2015, representing valuable missed opportunities to offer compassionate, considered early interventions for people trapped in the revolving door - outcomes which prioritise long-term diversion away from the justice system, not the entrenchment of cycles of punishment. With Lord Justice Leveson recently highlighting the effectiveness of Out of Court Diversions in his Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, we're making the case for a national diversion strategy, rooted in Leveson’s principles, to ease pressure on the courts, free up police time, improve public safety and transform lives. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eT7deigP

🚨 Are you a racially minoritised person with lived experience of imprisonment? The Zahid Mubarek Trust are holding a national conference 'Race in prisons: learning from the past, shaping the future' on the 28th October in London to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the racist murder of Zahid Mubarek in HM YOI Feltham, perpetrated by his cellmate. The conference will serve as a national call to action to urgently address the continuing racial injustice in our prison system and wider criminal justice system. Featuring keynote speeches from people such as Lord Timpson OBE, Minister for Prisons and Probation, several interactive workshops will take place throughout the day for the creation of a co-produced way forward to achieve racial justice within the system. Find out more and register here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gi6D4E5p  

Super excited that this programme has kicked off Connor L.! I have been a long-time admirer of all five of these organisations - Revolving Doors, Clean Break Theatre Company, 3Pillars Project, Unlock - for people with criminal records and The Big House Theatre Company, so it is fantastic to collaborate with them all. Massive shoutout to Jack McMahon and Richard Hughes at PA Consulting, whose support has made this project possible! #EssentialSkills #CriminalJustice

💡 𝗔𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. That’s why we’ve joined with 14 other organisations to write to new Minister of State, Alison McGovern MP, urging the Government to strengthen the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill by embedding a statutory duty to consult and involve people with lived experience in decision-making. Read more about what we're calling for in our latest blog ➡️

Training [1/3] of the Criminal Justice Impact Academy Cohort achieved this afternoon ✅ This first session was all about connection: meeting the cohort, exploring the #UniversalFramework and beginning to shape Action Plans for embedding the essential skills into their provision. This cohort has been made possible thanks to the generous support of The PA Foundation (PA Consulting), whose funding is enabling leaders across the criminal justice sector to collaborate and strengthen impact in their outreach. A huge thank you to our Skills Leaders today for laying the foundations for exciting things ahead! • 3Pillars Project/Eloise Falconer & Joseph Maksymiw, • The Big House Theatre Company/Molly Rutherford, • Unlock - for people with criminal records/Debbie Sadler • Revolving Doors/Natalia Thomas - Jikiemi • Clean Break Theatre Company/Tracey Anderson Next steps: 1:1 Planning Meetings, where we’ll deep dive into each Skills Leader’s programme plans and set the course for the coming months. #SkillsBuilder #ImpactAcademy #CriminalJustice #EssentialSkills #Leadership #Collaboration Skills Builder UK

🤝 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝘀. We are very proud to share this groundbreaking piece of work from the National Expert Citizens Group (NECG) and Deloitte, exploring how AI can transform public services for those experiencing multiple disadvantage. Yet, the project expanded far wider than its initial premise. As conversations progressed, our teams from the NECG and Deloitte began to explore more fundamental questions: what does meaningful co-production look like? And what is the potential that lived experience can unlock as we look to transform our public services? The NECG and its members have a clear message: the people who know services best - who know how they work, and how they need to change - are those who use them. Disrupting power structures and silos and co-producing change gives us the best opportunity to ensure that we can build effective, equitable and supportive services for everyone. 💡 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲? https://lnkd.in/gqEFQpFG

🚌 We're off on a party conference tour with The Centre for Justice Innovation, asking: "How do we break through the noise?" Finding new common ground on justice means listening and engaging across the political spectrum. So we're excited to be hosting conversations at the Green Party, Conservatives, Reform UK and Liberal Democrat party conferences (and we're still on the lookout for opportunities at the others - get in touch). Speakers at our events include Jacob Dunne, Josh Babarinde OBE MP, Matthew Torbitt, Colin Sutton, Phillip Bowen, Sarah Pochin MP, Lawrence Newport, Pavan Dhaliwal, Revolving Doors and more tbc. Join us as we aim to foster a more constructive conversation on crime and justice in the UK.