Joanna Hardy talks to BBC News regarding the challenges of technology in the Court System 

“As we weren’t ready for this huge technological revolution no-one had manned the tech rooms or built enough rooms on the other end in the prison. We can have as many laptops as we like, as much software as we like but if we can’t put a prisoner into a room with a screen, the other end is pointless”

Joanna Hardy discusses the issues around inefficient technology, lack of investment and how digital communication needs to be improved in HM Courts Service to address growing backlogs of cases against the backdrop of Covid19.

Read more here: [BBC News]