After attending the Labour Party Conference, the Centre's Director, Phil Bowen, reflects on the new Government's time in office so far, and their approach to justice going forward. 

This report presents compiled data shared by the 13 FDACs in England for the period 1 April to 30 June 2024, to offer a live picture of the circumstances facing families in FDAC, the work that is done to support them and the outcomes that have been achieved.

We spoke with Nick Herçeg, Chief Inspector at Thames Valley Police, about their soon to be implemented Drug Testing on Arrest programme. 

The Centre's Director, Phil Bowen, reflects on what the far right, racist riots over the past week mean for our criminal justice system- and whether it can deliver. 

This financial benefits tool, developed by the Centre for Justice Innovation and Mutual Ventures on behalf of the Department of Education, is intended to support existing FDACs and the local authorities (LAs) they support, as well as LAs considering implementing an FDAC. The tool is designed to provide an estimate of the relative costs and financial benefits of a local FDAC service.

The Centre's Director, Phil Bowen, responds to the first steps being taken by the new Government to take action on prison capacity, reflecting on how what needs to follow this to shift our criminal justice system into a better working state. 

This paper is a summary of our financial analysis, ‘FDAC: The Case for Investment’, which is available in full here.

This report maps the existing alternatives to coercive sanctions for people found in possession of controlled drugs for personal use in Ireland. The report was commissioned and published by Strategic Implementation Group 5 (SIG-5), a subcommittee within the National Drugs Strategy structures, and produced by the Centre for Justice Innovation.