In the Media
At UNJUST UK, we take every opportunity we can to shine a light on the harms caused by racial discrimination in the Criminal Legal System. Only through shining a light on this injustice in the national media, can we fulfill our vision of the Criminal Legal System in England and Wales being free of racial discrimination and underpinned by equitable laws, policies, and practices.
Click the links below to see some of the press coverage featuring UNJUST UK:
July 2023
UNJUST UK Executive Director/Founder Katrina Ffrench is interviewed by Tiffany Calver, as part of a BBC documentary exploring the impact of increased policing, stringent criminal orders, digital surveillance and tougher sentences for Drill artists.
January 2025
What's the Met Police gangs matrix?
BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Ritchie Brave interviews UNJUST UK Executive Director/Founder Katrina Ffrench on the unlawful usage of the Metropolitan Police’s Gang Matrix, and how to hold the Police to account using Subject Access Requests.
The Institute for Public Policy Research: Stop and Search
BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Ritchie Brave interviews UNJUST UK Executive Director/Founder Katrina Ffrench on the unlawful usage of the Metropolitan Police’s Gang Matrix, and how to hold the Police to account using Subject Access Requests.
September 2026
UNJUST UK Executive Director/Founder, Katrina Ffrench, speaks live on Channel 4 News, following the Youth Justice Minister, Jake Richards, outlining the government’s proposals to punish and even criminalise parents for the behaviour of their children.
May 2021
July 2020
February 2020
Stopwatch Chief Executive, Katrina Ffrench, speaks live on Channel 4 News, following confirmation the Metropolitan Police has been forced to delete hundreds of names from its Gang Violence Matrix.
December 2019
‘Jamal’ reviews police bodycam footage of his stop and search, with documentary maker Aaron Roach Bridgeman
Stopwatch Chief Executive, Katrina Ffrench, is interviewed in the Guardian about the shocking disproportionate use of stop and search in the capital.