NIACRO has unique experience working as a voluntary organisation within the criminal justice system and we want to put that experience to use when public policy is being decided. We respond to all the key consultations which public bodies, especially criminal justice bodies, undertake. We also meet regularly with senior policy-makers in the Prison Service, the Youth Justice Agency, the Probation Board, the Northern Ireland Office, the Housing Executive, the Department for Employment and Learning and the Department of Justice. A list of our policy responses can be found below:
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DEL Future of Educational Maintenance Allowance
Publication Date: 02 November 2012
View our response to the DEL consultation on the future of the Educational Maintenance Allowance.
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DOJ Mental Capacity Legislation in Criminal Justice System NI
Publication Date: 12 October 2012
View our response to the Department of Justice consultation on proposals to extend mental capacity legislation to the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland and its implication for mental health powers.
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DOJ NIPS Employability Strategy
Publication Date: 12 October 2012
Download a copy of our response to the Northern Ireland Prison Service Employability Strategy.
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DEL Steps 2 Success
Publication Date: 12 October 2012
Read our response to the Department for Employment Learning consultation on Steps 2 Success
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DOJ NIPS Outline Estate Strategy Relatives of People in Prison
Publication Date: 30 September 2012
View the response from relatives of people in prison to the Consultation on the NIPS Outline Estate Strategy, facilitated by NIACRO.