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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

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

Marc Conway
Marc Conway, a former IPP prisoner who now leads a campaign group, said Burnham’s action was ‘an essential first step’. Photograph: Alecsandra Raluca Drăgoi/The Guardian

Campaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as “a day that thousands of families have spent years fighting for”.

The prime minister has said he will “end the injustice” of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences during this parliament, meaning people will no longer be trapped indefinitely under a sentence abolished more than a decade ago.

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