Public Accounts Committee transcript: Improving outcomes for women in the criminal justice system - Feb 2

The Public Accounts committee are looking at how the Government aim to improve outcomes for women in the criminal justice system.

Witnesses: Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive, Howard League for Penal Reform; Joy Doal MBE, Chief Executive, Anawim – Birmingham’s Centre for Women; and Kate Paradine, Chief Executive, Women in Prison.

Witnesses: Antonia Romeo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice; Jo Farrar, Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, and Chief Executive, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service; and Jerome Glass, Director General, Policy and Strategy Group, Ministry of Justice.