IPP prisoners are trapped in a “never-ending carousel of excessive punishment” which amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, a major report submitted to the United Nations warns.
The 44-page submission to the UN’s special rapporteur on torture, Dr Alice Gill Edwards, calls for the immediate abolition of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence for those still languishing on the indefinite jail terms, with compensation, or an urgent review of their cases.
