Unit 33 Justice Punishment and Rehabilitation - Analysis of Criminal Justice System in UK

Unit 33 Justice
Punishment and
Rehabilitation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The criminal legal system of UK is based on the radical approach to bring about
impactful fundamental changes in the legal justice system for criminals. The safety and security
of individuals can be protected by implication of various major reforms. The fundamental rights
of citizens can be secured with the aid of various treaties and international conventions in order
to reform and rehabilitate the offender through punishments. The objective of punishing the
offenders through punishment is to decrease the crime and recidivism in order to protect the
society from such illegal activities (Atkinson, 2018). An individual gets the opportunity to
present his argument as their legal and fundamental right for accessing of the right to justice to
all citizens of the country. The common law of UK aims to provide fair, just and reasonable
criminal justice system through the principle of equity. The UK Prison reform trust is an
authoritative body that independently operates the prison system and also operates various
programmes for training the offenders in order to reform them again into the society and to
provide them educational knowledge about a civilised life. This report will cover the
effectiveness of the process of criminal justice system in the case scenario of Anjem Choudhary
and analyse the justice, punishment and rehabilitation of offenders. It will also cover different
legal system of justice and the alarming issue of rehabilitation and sentencing the contemporary
society.
TASK
According to the given case scenario, Anjem Chaudhary is a social activist who was
punished for supporting the ISIS. He was convicted with imprisonment of five years and six
months but was released shortly from such imprisonment. This led to imposition of various
restrictions such as ban on speaking in public area which shortly cam e to an end after his release
from the prison (Ide, 2022). Even after all such circumstances, there was no guilt in Mr.
Chaudhary for conduct of his criminal act but rather he considered himself as a 'prisoner of faith'.
In accordance with the case scenario of Anjem Chaudhary, the punishment of imprisonment
which was given to Anjem Chaudhary was based on the reformative theory for influencing the
criminal mind and monitoring the criminal behaviour of individuals. The criminal justice system
of UK, if there is commitment of any criminal activity by criminal then it is the responsibility of

the nation or state to punish them for prevention of such crimes. The punishment of
imprisonment is imposed to penalise the criminal liability of offenders in every nation and the
government plays a major role in impacting the significance of rehabilitation and reintegration to
address the main purpose of imprisonment. Article 10.3 of the International Convention on
Civil and Political Rights, 1996 has laid down the penitentiary system which contains the legal
or lawful treatment of prisoners who are to be reformed for the welfare of society. Offenders
must be treated with equal respect and dignity in the prison for the procedure of reintegration and
rehabilitation. Nelson Mandela Rules were also known as United Nations Standards
Minimum Rules for the reformation of prisoners in order to safeguard and maintain the
standard and integrity of prisoners (King, O’Brien, and Measham, 2022). It also offers
vocational training, skill development programmes to retrieve humanity in them through the
imposition of authorities for rehabilitation of offenders.
The state, property and body is protected with the implication of criminal law. The
offenders are to be punished through the varieties of sanction by the English legal system. The
violation of rights of victim is provided through the enforcement of court with its proper system
and to secure their general interest with the aid of effective remedy. There are two main
objectives of the criminal justice system which are to reduce or eliminate crime and to impose
fair and effective legal justice system. A victim can be prone to receive adequate justice through
the transparency of effective legal system. The fundamental principle of criminal justice system
is to provide justice by addressing the right of citizens and to treat them with equal respect and
dignity. The core fundamental principles of criminal justice includes the prevention of crimes in
order to protect the public from danger or any type of injury. The rehabilitation of offenders
involves the improving of offenders by giving support to their families. Prison Reform Trust
which is an independent body was established in 1981 to improve the condition of prisoners in
accordance to their human rights for stabilising their position back into the society. There are
various safety standards that were established by NHS to reform the life of prisoners and to
improve their mental health for creating a peaceful environment in the society (MacDonald,
2018). As Anjem Chaudhary was a public speaker, a ban was imposed on him as restricting him
from speaking in public. Such ban was imposed on him so that he does not influence other
people or even affect their safety. The relation of Anjem Chaudhary with ISIS had a very
negative impact as he was related with terrorists which have impacted his relation with his own