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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Fresh proposals for panel of judges to reconsider cases of every IPP prisoner

Peers have called for a panel of judges to reconsider the plight of every prisoner languishing on an indefinite jail term.

Edward Garnier KC, a former solicitor general under the Conservative government, has proposed the formation of a specialist panel to review the cases of each prisoner still serving an abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail term.

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