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BIZARRE: Ipp - What They Never Told You

Research shows it’s become even more difficult for prisoners serving indefinite sentences to be released

As part of plans to deal with nearly-full prisons in England and Wales, Andy Burnham has pledged to bring an end to indeterminate imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences.

The Conversation

The UK’s indefinite prison terms injustice laid bare with dozens dead and 700 prisoners left to rot

Britain’s former top judge said the IPP regime is a form of ‘preventative detention’ which has punished people ‘grossly excessively’

The Independent UK

'Justice and hope': Campaigners hail UK PM Andy Burnham's vow to end indefinite jail terms

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to end the controversial Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, saying people will no longer remain trapped indefinitely under a punishment abolished more than a decade ago, The Guardian reported.

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IPP prisoner finally granted parole after 20 years in prison

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The Independent UK

Why did ministers, civil servants and lawyers tolerate the inhumanity of IPP jail terms for so long?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Prisoners trapped on indefinite sentences have been treated beyond disgracefully. There must now be some accountability from those who allowed the injustice of IPP jail terms

The Independent UK

‘The IPP scandal has toyed with people’s lives. Here’s why I began investigating – and what should happen next’

COMMENT : Amy-Clare Martin has spent the past three years spearheading a campaign by The Independent to end IPP sentences, interviewing dozens of prisoners, families and experts in the process. Here, she explains why it’s possible to balance the vital need to protect the public with what is fair and…

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham pledge to end indefinite prison terms ‘a step towards healing’

Campaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdue

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‘I’ve been waiting for this for 20 years’: Father jailed for two decades for stealing mobile phone finally going home

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Leroy Douglas, whose incarceration has been found to be unlawful and arbitrary by the United Nations, has finally been granted parole

The Independent UK

Burnham’s pledge to scrap indefinite jail terms brings campaigners ‘justice and hope’ after years of anguish

The Independent has long campaigned for thousands of IPP prisoners who were jailed indefinitely - and on Sunday morning the prime minister announced he would ‘end the injustice’ of the prison terms

The Independent UK

With jails still at breaking point, releasing IPP prisoners could make all the difference

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Thanks to an intervention by Britain’s foremost prison governor, we must surely be counting the days until the nightmare for a cohort of people unjustly incarcerated is finally over

The Independent UK

Prison chief warns Burnham: Have the courage to end indefinite jail terms scandal

Exclusive: Top prison governor warns rowing back on plans to release thousands of prisoners early risks leaving overcrowded prisons at breaking point

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham should resist populist pressure on jail sentences

Letters: Nik Wood says the prime minister must be tough on the causes of crime, Henry Rossi calls for him to resolve the IPP crisis, while Janet Carter considers victims of domestic abuse

The Guardian - UK

Burnham warned not to dash hopes for indefinite prisoners: ‘Do not sell them another dream’

The government should appoint a panel of judges to reconsider the cases of every IPP prisoner, a Labour MP has told Burnham

The Independent UK

The end is finally in sight for this ‘throw away the key’ prisons scandal

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: After years of injustice, those wronged by malign IPP sentencing are closer than ever to redress – and The Independent is proud to have played its part

The Independent UK

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Government facing legal action after UN rules prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms are being unlawfully detained

Exclusive: Lawyers have sent justice secretary Alex Norris a letter before action over ‘indefensible’ indefinite jail terms condemned by human rights watchdog

The Guardian - UK

Prison without hope or end is psychological torture. Burnham doesn’t need another review to tell him that

Political leaders have kicked the can of public protection tariff reform down the road for years – causing hopeless inmates to take their own lives, says Guardian writer Simon Hattenstone

The Independent UK

This is a grave wrong that has been allowed to fester for too long

Dame Vera’s public intervention on indefinite jail sentences is an unusual but necessary one, as official redress is long overdue

The Independent UK

Urgent call for PM to end the hidden injustice in British prisons

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Exclusive: As judges begin to overturn indefinite jail terms handed to children and young people – and hundreds more cases are being reviewed – Vera Baird, chair of the miscarriages of justice watchdog, demands that Andy Burnham take ‘wholesale’ action to address the scandal.…

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The Independent UK

Voices: ‘We are addicted to incarceration’: Readers split over Andy Burnham’s early prisoner release scheme

YOUR VIEWS: Some readers say the move to exclude rapists and sex offenders still doesn’t go far enough, while others argue ministers have no real alternative while prisons stay full

The Independent UK

Fresh hope of release for inmates trapped on ‘inhumane’ indefinite jail terms decades after their crimes

The Independent has tirelessly campaigned for more than two years for all IPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed – as 2,400 languish in jail, many for petty crimes and some locked up as children, with no release date

The Independent UK

UN condemns ‘arbitrary’ detention of UK prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms as ‘psychological torture’

The UN’s Human Rights Council lashed out at the UK government for ‘inhumane treatment’ of IPP prisoners

The Independent UK

My brother stole a mobile phone - 14 years on he’s facing prison again with no release date

Exclusive: Thomas White is being sent back to prison indefinitely after nine months in secure hospital

The Guardian - UK

Long-term solutions to the Prison Service crisis

Letters: Prof Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red Vienna

The Independent UK

Britain accused of ‘serious human rights violations’ over failure to end indefinite jail terms

Experts have called for the government to urgently resentence almost 2,400 remaining IPP prisoners

The Independent UK

‘I’m so desperate to be freed from prison that I’ve renounced my British citizenship’

Exclusive: Nicholas Bidar has renounced his British citizenship after losing all hope of being freed from his IPP jail term

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