Criminal justice joint inspections
Part of: Victims and resolutions
Criminal justice joint inspections
Youth Offending Teams - joint inspections
Police custody facilities – joint inspections
HMICFRS has a long history of engaging in joint inspection activity with:
- HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (external link)
- HM Inspectorate of Probation (external link)
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons (external link)
- and, until its closure, HM Inspectorate of Court Administration
The Police and Justice Act 2006 established a statutory responsibility on each of the five inspectorates to:
- co-operate with each other, and other named inspectorates
- draw up a joint inspection programme and associated framework
- consult their Secretary of State, other inspectorates and named stakeholders in the formulation of the plan
- act as ‘gatekeeper’ for all inspection of specified organisations, and
- delegate authority to inspect such organisations to each other, or other public authorities, as appropriate.