“Morally wrong” indefinite jail terms which have left thousands languishing with no release date have been excluded from the government’s flagship review to tackle prison overcrowding.
Campaigners have hit out at the news that the scandal of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences will not be addressed under a “once in a generation” independent review of sentencing, which is expected to look at “tough alternatives to custody” in a bid to bring prisons back from the brink of collapse.
