Make Justice Work (MJW) campaigns for the wider and more effective use of robust and demanding community sentences as an alternative to short term prison sentences (of 12 months or less) for lower level and non-violent offenders.
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MJW attended the Howard League Community Programmes Awards 2012 at the Kings Fund today. It was fantastic to see so many programmes doing such good work and making a difference. Here are a list of the winners and runners up.
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“Our chair, David Barrie, Javed khan CEO of Victim Support and I met with a Private Secretary to the Prime Minister at no 1o. It was an open and encouraging discussion and enabled us to talk about the joint piece of work which we are undertaking in late June to gauge the views of victims of lower level crime before and after visiting a higher level community sentence.  The meeting further confirmed the challenge we have in improving the media, politicians and the  public’s understanding of community sentences. They are simply not all community payback!” – Roma Hooper.