Inspection Reports

In this report we focus on recruitment and retention in the agencies that we inspect.

Published: 15 February 2024

Report: Counter Terrorism Joint Inspection – National security division and multi-agency arrangements for the management of terrorist offenders in the wake of terrorist attacks (PDF, 820 kB) Cymraeg: TBC Press release: Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorates ‘reassured’ by progress of counter terrorism efforts in England and Wales Action plan: TBC

Published: 20 July 2023

The Criminal Justice Chief Inspectors’ Group (CJCIG) has finalised its business plan 2023-25

Published: 27 March 2023

This report follows up on the ‘state of the nation’ report, published in January 2021.

Published: 17 May 2022

Report: A joint thematic inspection of the criminal justice journey for individuals with mental health needs and disorders (PDF, 1 MB) Cymraeg: Arolygiad thematig ar y cyd o’r daith cyfiawnder troseddol ar gyfer unigolion ag anghenion ac anhwylderau iechyd meddwl (PDF, 1 MB) Press notice: Criminal justice system failing people with mental health issues – […]

Published: 17 November 2021

An independent review of neurodiversity in the criminal justice system, commissioned by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

Published: 15 July 2021

The Criminal Justice Chief Inspectors’ Group (CJCIG) has finalised its business plan 2021/23

Published: 21 June 2021

This report provides a cross-system view of how the criminal justice system reacted in the immediate aftermath of the first national Covid-19 lockdown (23 March to 10 May 2020), and of how the system has managed since. The cumulative impact on the system of the sweeping changes wrought by Covid-19 necessity is both clear and […]

Published: 19 January 2021

Children and young people released from young offender institutions are getting too little support in the community and are being “set up to fail”.

Published: 08 October 2019

This plan sets out the inspections of the Criminal Justice System for 2019/21 in which two or more of our inspectorates will be working together.

Published: 21 August 2019