Call for new diversion framework to tackle ‘revolving door cohort’ of offenders costing £5bn each year

14th November 2025Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

Criminal justice campaign group Revolving Doors is calling for a new cross-departmental government diversion framework across the UK to tackle the “revolving door cohort” – low-level offenders who repeatedly come into contact with the justice system because of unmet health and social needs, generating a total socio-economic cost of more than £5bn each year, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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Call for new diversion framework to tackle ‘revolving door cohort’ of offenders costing £5bn each year

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