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17 May 2013

Some selected briefings, responses to government papers and publications produced by the Crime, Community and Justice group.

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17 May 2013

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]

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8 May 2013

Quakers in Criminal Justice

An informal network offering mutual support for individual Quakers working in various branches of the criminal justice system, with an annual conference for its members.

Churches Criminal Justice Forum

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8 May 2013


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.

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8 May 2013

Groups of Friends locally are engaged in a range of activities arising from their concern about the criminal justice system, crime and community justice, and restorative justice. The CCJS Activity Group Network is available to any and all such groups of Friends engaged in any kind of activity related to the criminal justice system and the people it affects. Contact is primarily via an email distribution list.

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8 May 2013

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.

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8 May 2013

We have the following resources and catalogues available on line:

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13 May 2011

Quakers are well known for work in supporting prisoners and in campaigning for reform of our justice system.

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