Much information about the overall work of Quakers in Britain is on the
Quaker website.
Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) is just one part of the wider involvement of Quakers in justice matters in the UK. There is a central group which provides links between such involvement both within and outside Quakers:
Crime, Community and Justice Group (CCJG) is part of Britain Yearly Meeting's centrally managed work in Quaker Peace and Social Witness. CCJG links Britain Yearly Meeting to other bodies such as the Restorative Justice Consortium and the ecumenical Churches' Criminal Justice Forum; supports Friends' own local activity groups; represents Quaker views to government and other policy makers; promotes restorative justice amongst Friends and others; and works in partnership with other Quaker groups such as Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs and Quakers in Criminal Justice. The name of the Group, changed in 2007, reflects the recognition that their work is concerned with both the state criminal justice system and how to build community, and to support Friends' witness in relation to both.
Read more about the work of CCJG
here.
CCJG seeks to encourage links between Quaker endeavours in the justice field through the
CCJG Activity Group Network. Read about the Network
here.
CCJG has recently made a presentation to Meeting for Sufferings entitled
Criminal Justice: From Faith into Action. The paper sets out to show something of the diversity of activity within the Yearly Meeting expressing the complex and long-standing concern for criminal justice. This will feed into the process by which Quaker work priorities are determined over coming years. Read the paper
here.