Criminal justice: Police want to fight crime, not run courts

Virtual courts have been heralded as a route to quicker and more effective justice, but Penelope Gibbs of Transform Justice says there is no support within policing to oversee the running of these courts.

I do not find the role of Cassandra, who was cursed to utter prophecies that were true but not believed, particularly pleasant, but every time there’s new criticism of the digital court reform programme, the more Cassandra-like I feel. Transform Justice first expressed disquiet about the programme in February 2017 and most of our concerns have not been allayed.

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