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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
John Scheerhout

Strangeways protestor daubs 'FREE IPPZ' on the roof - what the sentence means and why it's so controversial

An inmate mounting a protest at Strangeways prison daubed 'FREE IPPZ' across the roof of the jail, in an apparent dig at a now abolished court sanction titled Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences (IPP).

The prisoner was also heard repeatedly shouting 'free IPPs'.

So what are IPPs, why were they scrapped and why does it remain an issue today?

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