James Corrigan

Deputy Chief Inspector and Chief Executive , Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI), Northern Ireland

James Corrigan is Deputy Chief Inspector and Chief Executive of Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI).
 
James joined CJI as an Inspector in October 2004 and was appointed to his current role in 2013. During his career with the Inspectorate, James has led on a wide range of thematic and single agency inspections including the recently published inspection of organisational performance management within the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS), and an examination of forensic science services in Northern Ireland.  He has also undertaken inspections on avoidable delay across the justice system as well as leading an inspection on the use of bail and remand as well as Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) methods of disclosure to the Police Ombudsman in historic cases.  He is currently completing an inspection of traffic offences enforcement and prosecution. 
 
In his role as Deputy Chief Inspector James has been involved in quality assuring inspections undertaken in all of Northern Ireland’s prisons and other work inspections into the operation of Care and Supervision Units (segregated units); the safety of prisoners, pre-release testing and an inspection of the governance and operation of the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland.
 
Prior to joining CJI James worked for PA Consulting Group as a senior consultant in the public sector practice where he was responsible for a number of criminal justice projects. He also held a position as a Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast.  
 
James holds an MA in Political Science and BA in History and Politics from the National University of Ireland (University College, Dublin).