A report released yesterday called ‘Transforming our justice system’ has set out the government’s plans to put technology to better use in courts. £1 billion has been set aside for the project of making English and Welsh courts ‘digital by default’ although some of the projects are already underway. “The revolution in technology will characterise tomorrow’s justice system,” said the report. Earlier in 2016, the National Audit Office criticised the MoJ for its IT systems which it claims is hampering attempts to reduce reoffending rates. The Ministry of Justice has a poor history of IT projects after the C-Nomis system was scrapped in 2009 (costing £234 million) and in 2014, it wrote off over £56 million on its shared services programme.

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