{"id":1135,"date":"2025-09-03T12:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/?page_id=1135"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:04:40","slug":"caritas-leeds-criminal-justice-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/caritas-leeds-criminal-justice-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Caritas Leeds Criminal Justice Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1135\" class=\"elementor elementor-1135\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-466cee6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"466cee6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c44216\" data-id=\"8c44216\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a79f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47a79f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Inquiry Homepage<\/h1><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1142 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/inquiry-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/inquiry-home.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/inquiry-home-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>Welcome to the homepage of the Caritas Leeds Criminal Justice Inquiry.<\/p><p>Whether you want to learn more about the inquiry, know more about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/what-is-the-criminal-justice-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">criminal justice system<\/a>, or you want to know how the Catholic Diocese can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/how-can-the-church-help\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">do more to help<\/a>\u00a0people in this area, this is the place to start.<\/p><p>The inquiry was a\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-archive-2017-2023\/history-of-the-inquiry\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/history-of-the-inquiry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">two year process<\/a>\u00a0of interviewing people across the criminal justice system within the area of the Diocese of Leeds. We drew out themes from this data and wrote a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Justice-Mercy-19102020-for-web.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">report\u00a0<\/a>on our findings. In this video our commissioners talk about what they learned:<\/p><p><iframe id=\"_dytid_3905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tsIBhXCmST0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><p>Using the themes and the interviews, we made a series of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/our-recommendations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">recommendations about\u00a0<\/a>how the Diocese at all levels can improve the lives of people affected by criminal justice issues.<\/p><p>The report was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/launch-event\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">launched\u00a0<\/a>in October 2020, and a series of resources made to help the church going forward. For example, our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/what-is-the-criminal-justice-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">guide\u00a0<\/a>to the criminal justice system has descriptions of its different parts, such as the police, the courts, and probation.<\/p><p>We were particularly interested in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/restorative-justice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">restorative justice<\/a>, a process whereby victims and offenders can have contact to discuss what happened between them, and amends can be made. We also wanted to show ways in which people can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/volunteering\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">volunteer\u00a0<\/a>throughout the system.<\/p><p>Finally, we produced a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/local-directory\/\">local directory<\/a>\u00a0of the many agencies within the region involved in criminal justice in our area.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05d5e1c\" data-id=\"05d5e1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b863141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b863141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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