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08 February 2023
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LNB NEWS: MoJ appoints Phillip Bowen and Duwayne Brooks as Youth Justice Board members

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced the appointments of Duwayne Brooks and Phillip Bowen as members of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) for a tenure of 3 years.

Lexis®Library update: Their appointments will commence on 1 March 2023 and run until 28 February 2026 and were made in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.

Bowen has been the Director of the Centre for Justice Innovation since 2012 and during that time has been a policy fellow to two Lord Chancellors. Brooks is the Chair of Trustees at Juvenis, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of young people, and has held roles including member of the Metropolitan Police Stop and Search Strategy, Firearms & Taser Reference Groups, critical friend on Stop and Search at London Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime and Councillor on Lewisham Council.

Source: Phillip Bowen and Duwayne Brooks appointed as members of the Youth Justice Board

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 7 February 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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