Mum’s anguish over son’s ‘endless’ prison sentence
The mother of a prisoner, who is still in jail 18 years after being given a "cruel and unjust" indefinite prison term, is ...
Teenager jailed for 2 years over fire in empty building still locked up 18 years later
Exclusive: IPP prisoner Liam Bennett, now 36, has spent more than half of his life in prison as he pleas for a chance at ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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‘Long-awaited day’ arrives with reform of controversial IPP sentence
These new provisions were introduced by the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 and have come into force on 1st November, ...
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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 they still posed a danger to the public. Despite being scrapped in 2012 – ...
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Almost 2,000 ex-offenders to have 'lifetime licences' terminated
The reforms, announced by the previous Conservative justice secretary Alex Chalk, are being enacted by the government from ...
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‘He’s been punished enough’: Family’s plea for prisoner who set himself alight under indefinite jail term
Clara White has begged the Ministry of Justice to move her brother to a hospital to get the ... His assessment comes as 1,800 ...
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CJP appoints Justice Mansoor as SC ADR body head
KARACHI: Supreme Court senior puisne judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah was nominated as the chairman of the Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee on Wednesday by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP ...
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Prisoners given minimum terms of less than six months still imprisoned after 16 years
Five of these inmates serving IPP sentences were given a tariff (a minimum time of imprisonment) of less than six months. A ...