Hertfordshire Press Releases
Please take a look at some of our recent Press Releases
February 2006
'ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR' - Hertfordshire Criminal Justice Board is hosting a seminar for stakeholders..............
'NEW FINES ENFORCEMENT POWERS' - recovering money owed to the Courts by people .............................
April 2006
'FINES POWERS FOLLOW UP' - The new powers given to the Courts to collect outstanding fines.............
September 2006
'SOLICITOR GENERALS VISIT' - The Solicitor-General the Rt Hon Mike O'Brien MP today visited the CPS offices at Queens House, St Albans to see .....................
November 2006
'NATIONAL JUSTICE AWARDS'- A Hertfordshire scheme aimed at recognising the needs of people with learning difficulties ..........
'PIP TEAM RUNNERS UP IN NATIONAL JUSTICE AWARDS' - A Hertfordshire Partnership Project, aimed at helping people with disabilities, made it through to the finals of the .......................
'WITNESS CARE WORKERS RECOGNISED IN SPECIAL AWARD CEREMONY AFTER GOING BACK TO THE FLOOR' - An innovative scheme which saw local criminal justice workers learning new tricks of the trade .........
December 2006
'PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN JUSTICE SYSTEM GROWS' - The Public's confidence in the Criminal Justice System in Hertfordshire is on the increase as the County exceeds the national level ................
January 2007
'MORE OFFENCES BROUGHT TO JUSTICE IN HERTFORDSHIRE' - Figures showing marked improvements in the way the criminal justice system is working in Hertfordshire have been ...................................
February 2007
'Offenders Repay Our communities' -Around six million hours of unpaid work is to be carried out by convicted offenders every year in England and Wales. In Hertfordshire this means .............................
May 2007
'Wanted Then Watch Out' -If you are wanted on warrant for failing to appear at court then watch out. That's the message from .............
'Recognising Those Who Go The Extra Mile' -The Hertfordshire Criminal Justice Board has announced that the National Justice Awards 2007 are now open for nominations. The awards recognise staff and volunteers within ......................................
August 2007
'Extra Crown Court Room' -After a break of more than 14 years, Crown Court business has returned to the county's previous Crown Court building in St. Albans. From this month ...............................
Hertfordshire Leads The Way With Deterrent Sentencing' - Pick pockets operating in Hertfordshire are getting their fingers burnt as the county leads the way with deterrent sentencing. Purse dippers and handbag thefts have.................................................
September 2007
'Innovative Prison Scheme Nominated for National Award' - A special scheme aimed at keeping youngsters out of Prison has been nominated for a national award. KOOP - Keep out of Prison, which is run by Ian Day and Michelle Borg at The Mount Prison,Bovingdon..................
'Second Innovative Prison Scheme Nominated for National Award' -A multi faith offendering behaviour course for prisoners at The Mount in Bovingdon had been nominated for a national award. Devised by Dr Mohammed El Sharkawy, the Imam at The Mount, the course which is the first of its kindhas been nominated in the .....................
'Hertfordshire's Neighbourhood Watch Scheme Is Nominated For National Award' -A pioneering project aimed at rejuventing Neighbourhood Watch in Hertfordshire has been nominated for a national award. Hertfordshire's Constabulary Neighbourhood Watch initiative has been nominated for it's ...................................................
November 2007
"Hertfordshire Youth Workers recognised in Local Justice Awards" -Youth workers from Watford, who have devised a series of innovative projects to prevent young people from re-offending, have been recognised at a special local award ceremony. Mark Bennett, Shelley Hayles, Carol Simpson and Maggie Wiggins from the South Herts Youth Offending Team have ...............................................................