The Legal Aid Agency

About The Legal Aid Agency

Our vision is for a youth justice system that sees children as children, treats them fairly and helps them to build on their strengths so they can make a constructive contribution to society. This will prevent offending and create safer communities with fewer victims. From 2020 to 2021, our strategic objectives are to: strengthen and enhance the delivery of our statutory functions see a youth justice system that sees children as children first, and offenders second see an improvement in the standards of custody for children and promote further rollout of constructive resettlement influence the youth justice system to treat children fairly and reduce over-representation see a reduction in serious youth violence and child criminal exploitation