http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/-t1.htm Including civil and criminal courts, the police and other enforcement agencies, prison, other forms of punishment, probation and rehabilitation. Fri, 01 May 2009 12:05:46 GMT 10 http://i76.servimg.com/u/f76/13/06/32/38/syniad11.jpg http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/-t1.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/a-new-prison-in-north-wales-t47.htm Admin The prison system is one area which needs to be adressed in Wales. North Wales currently has no prisons, and there is no women's prison anywhere in Wales. I have copied the some relevant posts on the subject from the WalesOnLine forum. MH, 9 Oct 2007, 11:29am wrote:I am by no means an advocate for a programme of increasing the number of prison places in the UK ad infinitum. The UK's prison population is far higher than it needs to be and, in my opinion, this reflects a systematic failure ... The Justice System Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:48:15 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/a-new-prison-in-north-wales-t47.htm#56 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/a-new-prison-in-north-wales-t47.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/bilingual-juries-t68.htm Aderyn y Si In looking into another subject I came across a lecture by Roderick Evans on bilingual juries in Wales. The Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs BILINGUAL JURIES The seventh annual lecture of the Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs was delivered by The Hon. Mr Justice Roderick Evans, Presiding Judge of the Wales Circuit, on Saturday, November 25th, 2006 at the National Library of Wales. Download I thought it might be appropriate to use it as the basis of putting together a report on what ... The Justice System Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:55:00 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/bilingual-juries-t68.htm#90 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/bilingual-juries-t68.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/legal-aid-administration-offices-in-wales-t120.htm MH In view of the fact that the Justice System is slowly but surely being devolved to Wales it is rather strange to see this story in today's Western Mail about the threatened closure of Cardiff office of the Legal Services Commission, the body that runs the Legal Aid Scheme. This is a map showing the LSC regions: You can see that Cardiff is the only office in Wales. So closing it would leave Wales without any office at all, with the jobs relocated to Bristol instead. Of late, ... The Justice System Fri, 01 May 2009 12:05:46 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/legal-aid-administration-offices-in-wales-t120.htm#232 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/legal-aid-administration-offices-in-wales-t120.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/caernarfon-criminal-justice-centre-t117.htm MH The new Criminal Justice Centre at Caernarfon has just opened. BBC 23 April 2009 Obviously the old courts were hopelessly inadequate so this, and of course the expansion in size, is going to enable Caernarfon to function properly as the main centre of justice for North West Wales. That's something good. It is also, I think it's fair to say, one of the main resons why the outskirts of Caernarfon were chosen as the location for the new prison in North Wales, as talked about ... The Justice System Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:01:34 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/caernarfon-criminal-justice-centre-t117.htm#229 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/caernarfon-criminal-justice-centre-t117.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/tory-plans-for-devolving-prisons-and-rehabilitation-to-wales-t115.htm MH Jonathan Aitkin has for good reason bowed out of elected politics, but that doesn't rule him out from being able to speak about the prison and rehabititation service. In fact it qualifies him to do so. But nonetheless I am amazed at this story from the BBC: Control prisons from Wales call Former MP Jonathan Aitken has called for the Welsh assembly government to take over responsibility for prisons and rehabilitating offenders in Wales. Ex-prisoner Mr Aitken led the prison reform ... The Justice System Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:06:16 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/tory-plans-for-devolving-prisons-and-rehabilitation-to-wales-t115.htm#221 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/tory-plans-for-devolving-prisons-and-rehabilitation-to-wales-t115.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/youth-justice-t65.htm MH I am reposting some things I wrote in May and June this year on the WalesOnline forum under the title: Youth Justice - here's another reason to devolve it to Wales MH, 21 May 2008 5:42 pm, wrote:A report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) at King’s College London, has shown that most youth justice targets in "England and Wales" have been missed. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3976279.ece Over the past few years there has ... The Justice System Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:04:42 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/youth-justice-t65.htm#84 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/youth-justice-t65.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/policing-in-wales-t93.htm penddu Britain is possibly unique among larger countries, in that it has primarily only one tier of policing, run on a county or regional basis, and who are responsible for everything from parking enforcement to anti-terrorism. Most countries have a series of police forces with different responsibilities and different accountabilities – take USA as one example where the FBI, State Police, City Police Departments all have separate roles. Similary in France where the Gendamerie, National and Municipal ... The Justice System Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:00:27 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/policing-in-wales-t93.htm#150 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/policing-in-wales-t93.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/law-society-in-wales-annual-lectures-t67.htm Aderyn y Si Each year, the Law Society in Wales arranges a lecture to coincide with the National Eisteddfod. Here's a list up to 2006, with links to download the lecture. I think you'll find the 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2006 lectures address how Wales might develop in legislative terms. 2006 Legal Wales – The Way Ahead Sir Roderick Evans Download2005 Legal Learning in Contemporary Wales Opportunities and Dangers Thomas Glyn Watkin Download2004 Minority languages in ... The Justice System Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:35:23 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/law-society-in-wales-annual-lectures-t67.htm#89 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/law-society-in-wales-annual-lectures-t67.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/a-devolving-criminal-justice-system-for-wales-t66.htm Aderyn y Si In the latest edition of the wonderfully named online journal: Crimes and Misdemeanors: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective There is an article that should be very relevant to this particular forum. THE NEXT STAGE OF DEVOLUTION? A (D)EVOLVING CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR WALES Jackie Jones Bristol Law School University of the West of England This is the editorial introduction: Jackie Jones examines the practical impact of the “quasi-devolution” ... The Justice System Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:03:34 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/a-devolving-criminal-justice-system-for-wales-t66.htm#88 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/a-devolving-criminal-justice-system-for-wales-t66.htm http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/welsh-prisoners-in-the-prison-estate-t50.htm Aderyn y Si This was the title of an inquiry by the Welsh Affairs Committee at Westminster. Its terms of reference were: Terms of Reference ‘The experience of Welsh people held within the prison estate, as remand prisoners and as sentenced prisoners’ (i) Specifically including the experiences of: a. young offenders (males aged 18-21) b. juveniles (aged under 18) c. women d. prisoners from north and mid Wales (ii) Prison provision in England for prisoners ... The Justice System Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:09:38 GMT http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/welsh-prisoners-in-the-prison-estate-t50.htm#61 http://syniadau.forumotion.net/the-justice-system-f11/welsh-prisoners-in-the-prison-estate-t50.htm