April edition: Last month in criminal justice

Items up for discussion:

• Should the prison inspectorate stop making recommendations for improvement?
• Why are defendants being held for so long on remand in prison, awaiting trial?
• Are girls who have suffered abuse and violence being retraumatised by contact with the youth justice system?
• What does planned strike action by criminal barristers tells us about the state of the legal aid and defendants' rights to legal representation?
• Is it time for fundamental reform of the police?
• The strip-searching by the police of a fifteen-year-old girl, Child Q, in a London school

Watch the discussion

Panellists joining Richard:

• Rob Allen, Researcher and consultant on criminal justice and prisons
• Jess Southgate, Deputy Chief Executive of Agenda, the alliance for women and girls at risk
• Dr Rick Muir, Director of The Police Foundation