The government has been blasted for refusing to resentence almost 3,000 inmates trapped in prison under indefinite jail terms despite a promise to overhaul draconian licence conditions imposed on such prisoners.
The justice secretary has rejected calls from MPs and campaigners to help prisoners serving imprisonment for public protections (IPP) sentences who have no clear hope of release, including 700 who have served more than 10 years longer than their minimum tariff.
