#ipp-sentences

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UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 weeks 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
2 months ago

It's a scandal': Prisoners on IPP jail terms excluded from recall release scheme

The exclusion of IPP prisoners from the new release measures has been criticized as morally wrong and a missed opportunity to alleviate prison overcrowding.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 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
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

IPP death toll climbs to 94 after fresh wave of self-inflicted deaths in prison

The psychological impact of indefinite IPP sentences is causing a crisis with rising prisoner suicides, now totaling 94.
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