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UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 days ago

Abolished IPP jail term is an embarrassment' to Britain, union chief says

About 2,500 people remain detained on abolished IPP sentences, causing prisoner despair, suicides, and severe strain on prison staff while government action remains absent.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Zaghari-Ratcliffe calls for end to fundamentally wrong' indefinite jail terms

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was finally freed in 2022 following years of diplomatic negotiations and the British payment of a 400m debt to Iran, said Mr Lammy promised to help those arbitrarily detained overseas when he was foreign secretary. Now he is justice secretary, I hope he will take that commitment to ending arbitrary detention at home, she told The Independent ahead of a panel event on the jail terms at the Labour conference.
UK politics
Social justice
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

IPP prisoners are dogged by stigma and set up to fail' on release, report warns

Released long-term prisoners face stigma, lack digital skills and basic essentials, and risk recall, leaving them ill-equipped to rebuild housing, employment and social ties.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

It is not right': Lords urge government to end no-hope' indefinite jail terms

The government has been urged to resentence prisoners serving indefinite jail terms who cannot gain any hope of release.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on inhumane' jail terms

In 2024, British taxpayers spent an estimated £145 million incarcerating over 2,600 prisoners serving abolished indefinite jail terms, termed as psychological torture by critics.
UK politics
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