Community Justice Partnership
Community Justice deals with the situations people can face before and after the criminal justice process of arrest, trial and sentence – it concerns the issues facing potential offenders and ex-offenders and aims to help prevent crimes occurring in the first place or recurring after a sentence has been served.
The Scottish Government introduced the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 following a consultation period on the Future Model of Community Justice in Scotland.
In accordance with the Act, a Community Justice Partnership was established in South Lanarkshire. The Scottish Government’s vision is reflected in the South Lanarkshire Community Justice Outcome Improvement Plan 2017-2022 which has been developed with contributions from all partner agencies.
The remit of the Community Justice Partnership is to:
- Prevent and reduce further offending by addressing its underlying causes;
- Safely and effectively manage and support those who have committed offences help them reintegrate into the community and realise their potential for the benefit of all citizens;
- Provide improved community understanding and participation;
- Provide effective strategic planning and partnership working;
- Provide effective use of evidence-based interventions; and
- Provide equal access to services.
The Partnership meets quarterly and membership consists of:
- South Lanarkshire Council;
- South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership;
- Police Scotland;
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service;
- NHS Lanarkshire;
- Scottish Prison Service;
- Procurator Fiscal's Office;
- Sheriff Clerk's Office;
- South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership;
- Skills Development Scotland;
- Victim Support;
- VASLan; and
- University of the West of Scotland.
Key Documents:
South Lanarkshire Community Justice Partnership held their Annual Conference in Rutherglen Town Hall on Tuesday 29 October 2019. A copy of the presentations from the conference is available to view below:
Annual Conference Presentations
Further information on Justice Services can be found here.
