It will take a decade to free 2,544 prisoners trapped on “inhumane” indefinite jail terms, damning new figures suggest, as campaigners warn the government “must go further and faster” to end the scandal.
The number of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) prisoners being released for the first time has hit an all-time low, according to the Ministry of Justice data, with just 172 freed for the first time last year.
