Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today (25 March 2021) issued a report following their Inspection of CPS handling correspondence from police witness care units. The report follows up on a 2019 report into the handling of defence correspondence.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson, said: “It is widely acknowledged that racial disproportionality exists in our criminal justice system, but acknowledgment must not be taken as acceptance.