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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Families beg for end to IPP scandal as Lords vote on indeterminate sentence reforms

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The House of Lords is set to vote on a series of measures to help prisoners languishing in jail under “unjust” indeterminate sentences as families beg: “Put an end to this.”

Campaigners have warned that reforms are a matter of life and death for inmates trapped under imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences, after almost 90 suicides.

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