On Tuesday 27 October the Guardian reported ONS figures for the year to end March 2020 which demonstrated that Black people in England and Wales show were nine times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people. Continue reading
Tag: criminal justice
discriminatory policing under lockdown, updated
The Home Affairs Committee is currently taking evidence on policing and race, including the policing of the covid-19 lockdown, as part of its inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty-one years on. Continue reading
disability and the criminal justice system
In June 2020 the EHRC published the report of its inquiry, Inclusive justice: a system designed for all. The inquiry, carried out under s16 of the Equality Act 2006, makes for depressing reading. Continue reading