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SUPPORTING SAFER, STRONGER COMMUNITIES
CONSULTATION ON COMMUNITY JUSTICE AUTHORITIES
MINISTERIAL FOREWORD
Supporting Safer, Stronger Communities: Scotland's
Criminal Justice Plan brought together proposals for
the most radical reform of the criminal justice system in
Scotland for a generation. Our ambitious and wide-ranging
programme is united by a common purpose - to reduce
reoffending.
We know from the consultation Reduce, Rehabilitate,
Reform that there is wide agreement on the weaknesses in
the current system of managing offenders. We also know that
to make a significant impact on reoffending rates means
further change.
I have now introduced the Management of Offenders etc.
(Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament. The Bill lays
out detailed legislative measures to improve the management
of offenders. It includes our proposal to establish
Community Justice Authorities (CJAs), placing new duties on
local government and Scottish Ministers, through the
Scottish Prison Service, to work much more closely together
in the development and implementation of plans for the
management of sentenced offenders.
It is important that we take account of the views of all
those with an interest in criminal justice services. In the
Criminal Justice Plan I emphasised the importance of all
the services which make up Scotland's criminal justice
system working together.
This consultation proposes options for the boundaries of
the CJAs and how the membership and operation of these will
complement the work of the Scottish Prison Service.
This consultation gives everyone with an interest in our
criminal justice system and the management of offenders the
opportunity to put forward their views. I look forward to
hearing those views and to continuing to work together to
make safer, stronger communities.
Cathy Jamieson MSP
Minister for Justice
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