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Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

Leaders Unlocked has been working in the Criminal Justice sector since 2016. Our work gives young adults and service users a stronger voice on criminal justice reform at the national level.

"The platform the Young Advisors have created for other young people to share their experiences and provide a nuanced understanding and recommendations for change has been really inspiring.”

Laurie Hunte,
Barrow Cadbury Trust

"Having a safe space to be myself, grow as a person and a professional, and enable young people to feel listened to has been so powerful."

Nadine

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Over 1200 young people engaged in our peer research in the criminal justice system

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LU has worked within 20 prisons and YOIs to empower young adults to have a voice on the system

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LU has published 4 influential national reports in this sector

Projects

The Young Advocates for Youth Justice  

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Young Justice Advisors

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Get involved

If you’re interested in getting involved with the work we do at Leaders Unlocked, please do send us a message via our contact us page. We are always keen to hear from young people who may want to take part in our projects, as well as professionals who may want to collaborate.

More than 65% of our
staff came from Leaders Unlocked projects

"It’s not very often that organisations who are able to actually let smaller communities and towns outside of London have the opportunity to actually say ‘this is what we want and this is what we want changed’."

Evie