#JusticePostCOVID

@DavidLammy: “There are currently nearly more than 11 million people with a criminal record. 3/4s of people are released from prison into unemployment. The criminal record regime is a second sentence for those who have already served time”

@SophieKLinden: “Looking forward, we cannot ignore the Black Lives Matter movement and the impact on racial disproportionality. This is an issue for the policing system, as well as for youth justice”

“We can’t solve things like mental health and housing by investing in prisons. If we are making a new start we should invest in housing and mental health” – Anne Owers, IMB

Lavinia Aleri, Nacro: “We work with people who have significant mental health concerns. Short prison sentences are a problem and creates a cycle of being homeless and desperate, not enough time, while in prison, to turn lives around”