An interview with Shadae Cazeau, Head of Policy at EQUA, giving an insight into how systemic racism operates in the...
THE LACK OF SAFEGUARDS AGAINST DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF PAVA As members of EQUAL, a National Independent Advisory Group (NIAG) that works collaboratively to address the poorer outcomes experienced by BAME and Muslim people in the criminal justice system, we write to express our increasing concern at the lack of safeguards against discrimination as the prison service expands the availability of PAVA spray.
As a result of the Coronavirus outbreak the UK government introduced the Coronavirus Act 2020 which allows police officer’s to stop and question members of the public beyond the powers available under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, move crowds from public spaces, award fines and detain those whom they believe have Coronavirus and have failed to isolate themselves.
EQUAL’s response to the ‘Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: 2020 update’ Last month the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) published ‘Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: 2020 Update’. This update also sets out the work that has taken place since the Lammy Review recommendations published in 2017.
Last month the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) published ‘Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: 2020 Update’. This update...
EQUAL is supporting service users and negotiating with power to ensure a fairer criminal justice system.
Our vision is a criminal justice system that delivers fair outcomes for all. Our purpose is to help those involved in the development and delivery of criminal justice practice and policy to create a system free from unfair outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic people.
We believe that action must be taken to address the issues that lead to unjust experiences and outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic people in the criminal justice system.
To address the poorer outcomes experienced by BAME groups and Muslims in the criminal justice system.
