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Efficiency spotlight report: The impact of recruitment and retention on the criminal justice system

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In this report, the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorates focus on recruitment and retention in the agencies that they inspect.

Read the Joint Efficiency Spotlight report

Read the Efficiency spotlight report press release

The report draws on evidence from inspections conducted by each of the individual inspectorates, both jointly and singly, of the police, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Probation and Youth Offending Services and the Prison Service. It sets out the findings from this work, as well as cross-cutting themes. It concludes by highlighting signs of progress as well as ongoing risks to the criminal justice system.