Krisha Prathepan features on BBC Asian Network Reports (20 December 2017)

Krisha Prathepan, Immigration and Public Law solicitor at Duncan Lewis, features on BBC Asian Network Reports discussing Labour MP, David Lammy’s report on how to tackle discrimination against black and ethnic minorities by the police, in prisons and in the courts. The report puts forward many recommendations on how to eradicate the bias evident in the UK criminal justice system. The BBC reveals that 14% of the UK population is comprised of people of black and ethnic minority backgrounds, whilst they make up 25% of the UK prison population. The report sets clear targets on how to make changes which will diversify the justice system from within, however, fails to set targets on getting more black and ethnic minorities into the judicial system, as judges and magistrates. Krisha Prathepan states: “Judges and magistrates should represent the wider community; if targets can achieve this, it can only be a good thing.”