North Wales Criminal Justice Board has a very significant role to play in maintaining, supporting and improving the quality of life for people in North Wales through the vital task in the fight to reduce crime and bring more offenders to justice.
To be effective as a Board we cannot work in isolation, our aim is to find potential solutions to issues of concern to local people by listening to and involving communities.
► LATEST NEWS
CONFIDENCE UP IN NORTH WALES
People in North Wales are confident that the North Wales Criminal Justice System is fair and effective. (1 Feb)
Home Office statistics released in January show that North Wales is above average when it comes to public confidence in their criminal justice system. read more
CRIME DOWN IN NORTH WALES
People in North Wales are less likely to be the victims of burglary or injured as a result of violence. (21 Jan)
To find out more information about the figures released today, click here for North Wales Crime Rates
CRIME AND JUSTICE IN YOUR AREA
Use the poscode search facility on http://policingpledge.direct.gov.uk/index.php to find crime and justice contacts and information for your area (24 Nov).
WREXHAM YOUTH JUSTICE TECHIES
The innovative use of technology is not something you'd automatically associate with Youth Justice but that's exactly what the Wrexham Youth Justice Team were rewarded for this week (14 Nov).
To find out what they were rewarded for, click here
NORTH WALES JUSTICE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
After a thrilling ceremony, we can now reveal the full list of winners from the 2009 North Wales Volunteer and Community Justice Awards.
To find out who triumphed, click here.
HUNDREDS ATTEND INSIDE JUSTICE WEEK EVENT
VISITORS to the new Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre got the opportunity to see what happens inside during an open day on Saturday (17th Oct) - and still kept on the right side of the law!
Nearly 700 people took the opportunity to take a tour of the courts, watch a mock court trial, sample the state-of-the-art Video Link system, have their fingerprints taken, meet the judges and even get locked up in a cell! The public also saw how provisions are made in court hearings when the Welsh language is used. view pictures
SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY CASHBACK BIDS ANNOUNCED
Six publicly nominated projects in North Wales are celebrating their success as one of 269 projects nationally that have secured funding allocated from the ill gotten gains of criminals.
The funding was made available through the Government’s recently launched Community Cashback scheme, where ‘cashback’ from criminals’ seized assets, such as confiscated cash or property, has been earmarked to fund worthwhile community projects. successful community cashback projects
FRAUD MAN IS ORDERED TO REPAY £1M.
A court has ordered a man to pay nearly £1m under a proceeds of crime confiscation order.
James Andrew Barnes, 26, from Towyn, Abergele, Conwy, had previously pleaded guilty to six counts of mortgage fraud and money laundering. read more
MURDERED MUM’S CHILDREN HAVE THEIR SAY
A brother and sister from North Wales whose mother was brutally murdered by their stepfather have helped pioneer a groundbreaking national project to give the victims of crime a voice.
Their mother’s killer has been in prison for the last 11 years but is now eligible for parole. read more
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carl.owen@nthwales.pnn.police.uk