the National Probation Service (NPS), public sector organization dealing with high risk offenders, are more likely to receive the types of support needed than with the CRCs and that CRCs were not involving specialist BAME organizations in the way that they were intended to. The suggestions as part of this section were that: The Ministry of Justice should create a working group to assess what is stopping CRCs subcontracting to specialist support groups The Ministry of Justice should improve reporting about the CRCs handling of groups with protected characteristics (this includes BAME groups). Youth Re-offending The report found that there has been a history of knowledge regarding BAME children being disproportionately effected by the Criminal Justice System, specifically Youth Offending Teams (YOTs). This previous work found that: Youth Offending Teams were more likely to detain black children than white children BAME children committed less crimes but still received custodial sentences BAME children would enter the Criminal Justice system at a younger age and be less able to escape it This report found that there had been no substantial follow up of the previous findings. The suggestions as part of this section were that: The Youth Justice Board should commission and publish an evaluation of what has been learned in the past and identify actions for the future Work, Education and Training The report found that work reduces dependency on crime and that training increases self-respect and stake in society. Therefore work is key to reducing re-offending. Despite this, previous convictions have a hugely detrimental effect on future work prospects and BAME groups are disproportionately effected as they are already more likely to be discriminated in employment. The report finds that the Criminal Record system is key in this system and needs reform. The suggestions as part of this section were that: The Criminal Justice System should allow for sealing criminal records, stopping record checks seeing offenses, based on a court hearing The government should publish a study to highlight the cost of unemployment in ex-offenders See also The Numbers in Black And White: Ethnic Disparities In The Policing And Prosecution Of Drug Offences In England And Wales Release produced a report in 2013 on the undue focus of policing and prosecution of drug offences on black and minority communities in England and Wales. The report concluded that laws on drugs in the UK are a major driver for disproportionate use