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Personal narratives from the criminal justice system

Justice should be compassionate, forgiving and healing – restorative, not retributive. We want to change attitudes and encourage the criminal justice system to move towards this vision of justice.
[Crime, Community and Justice Sub-Committee, July 2009]

Formerly the “Women in Prison Project Group”, this is an international forum for four Quaker bodies working together on shared areas of concern within criminal justice, with a particular focus on the needs of women in prison and the children of imprisoned mothers.

Quakers have a long-standing historic involvement with the criminal justice system on both sides of the bars.

This involvement continues into the present day with a commitment by Quakers to address the criminal justice system at all levels from individual prisoners to responding to government consultations.