Stop scaremongering over prisoners trapped by indefinite jail terms, ministers told
Exclusive: Fight for indefinitely held IPP prisoners continues as the UN calls for partial resentencing, warning ‘we cannot ...
IPPs: the prisoners serving never-ending jail sentences
The Labour government predicted that just a few hundred IPP sentences would be necessary each year, reserved for the most ...
Fishmongers’ Hall hero warns of more IPP prisoner suicides as he is finally freed from indefinite jail term
Marc Conway, who helped tackle a terrorist wearing a fake suicide vest, has backed The Independent’s campaign for all IPP ...
Reforms signal end to hundreds of long-abolished indefinite prison sentences
IPP sentences were introduced in 2005 to prevent serious offenders who did not warrant a life sentence being released when ...
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One-third of IPP prisoners are in the wrong prisons
One-third of prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences are in the wrong prisons, the Government has admitted. Around 840 of the 2,800 people still in custody on the ...
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Former top judge demands help for prisoners ‘left to rot’ under ‘morally wrong’ indefinite jail terms
John Thomas, a member of the House of Lords who served as lord chief justice from 2013 to 2017, fears that without action, those sent down under abolished imprisonment for public protection (IPP ...
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Prisoner's brother warns 'torturous' IPP sentences will cause deaths in custody
But Rob's sentence was an IPP. They were introduced by Labour under the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and first imposed in 2005.
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‘Torturous’ indefinite jail term robbed son of whole adult life before he died in a cell at 34, mother says
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “It is right that IPP sentences were abolished and with public protection as the ...
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Almost 2,000 ex-offenders to have 'lifetime licences' terminated - but campaigners want IPP sentences 'gone'
The reforms, announced by the previous Conservative justice secretary Alex Chalk, are being enacted by the government from today in a bid to address the ongoing IPP scandal that has resulted in ...
Father goes on the run to escape ‘unfair’ indefinite recall to prison over his love life
Exclusive: Fugitive IPP prisoner spoke to The Independent and said: ‘How can someone not commit another crime yet end up in ...
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Almost 2,000 ex-offenders to have 'lifetime licences' terminated - but campaigners want IPP sentences 'gone'
The reforms, announced by the previous Conservative justice secretary Alex Chalk, are being enacted by the government from today in a bid to address the ongoing IPP scandal that has resulted in ...