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Inmate who staged rooftop prison protest cleared after using ‘cruel’ indefinite jail term as defence

Joe Outlaw is acquitted of 12 counts of criminal damage to HMP Frankland, but convicted of two counts, after telling jurors he is being 'starved’ in segregation

The Independent UK

Senior judge says he would apologise to IPP prisoners he jailed

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Senior judges reveal regret at handing out ‘unfair’ indefinite jail terms and call for scandal to be ‘put right’

Exclusive: ‘I have been a part of the system that is wrong. I feel that I ought to be part of the system to put it right,’ says one judge who backs proposals to help those trapped under the ‘unfair’ sentence

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Ministers must summon the courage to right an ‘obvious injustice’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Judges who passed indefinite sentences join The Independent’s campaign to re-sentence those prisoners who have been unfairly trapped by the long-abolished IPP law

The Independent UK

Miscarriage of justice watchdog investigates cases of 175 people handed abolished indefinite jail terms

Eight out of 12 cases sent to the Court of Appeal have resulted in controversial IPP and DPP jail terms being quashed, reduced or substituted

The Independent UK

Prisoner on indefinite jail term ‘stripped naked and starved’ before he launched rooftop protest

Joe Outlaw hit out at his ‘soul destroying' indefinite jail term as he stands trial for climbing on the roof of maximum-security HMP Frankland

The Independent UK

Ten more years of injustice: Figures lay bare scale of IPP scandal

Government ‘must go further and faster’ to help prisoners trapped on abolished indefinite jail terms as first releases hit all-time low, experts warn

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‘We’re Britain’s dirty little secret’: After 17 years under an indefinite jail term for a teenage crime, Tony is finally free

IN FOCUS : Tony Betteridge was aged just 18 when he was handed an indefinite jail term for setting a fire in a store cupboard in an empty building, Amy-Clare Martin writes. After more than a decade in jail, four recalls and the tragic loss of his mother, sister and…

The Independent UK

Former justice secretary says indefinite jail terms ‘unfair’

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The Independent UK

It’s beyond time to end the scandal of IPP

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood should listen to her former opposite number Alex Chalk, who has spoken out about how imprisonment for public protection orders have damaged lives

The Independent UK

Scandal of indefinite jail terms has left prisoners damaged by ‘state’s failure’, ex-justice secretary warns

Exclusive: Alex Chalk KC, who ushered in licence reforms for IPP prisoners, urged his successor to give fresh proposals to end scandal ‘careful consideration’

The Independent UK

Voices: Lord Woodley’s intervention on IPP will only get prisoners’ hopes up

COMMENT: Lord Woodley is right that it’s time IPP prisoners were released, writes Andrea Coomber, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform – but his intervention won’t change the government’s mind

The Independent UK

Indefinite jail terms ‘not right and not fair’, Lords say in call to end IPP injustice

Lord Woodley, who acknowledged his bill to resentence IPP prisoners will not succeed, challenged James Timpson to explain why the government won’t end ‘appalling torture sentences’

The Independent UK

Voices: It is time to release prisoners trapped by inhuman endless jail terms

COMMENT: Thousands of offenders are caught in a cruel legal limbo by IPP sentencing. Indeterminate prison terms are not only unjust – they point to a failure of political courage and leadership, says former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal

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Hope for end to ‘cruel experiment’ of indefinite jail terms that have seen phone thieves trapped for up to 20 years

Exclusive: Top justice experts urge government to finally end IPP sentences with a string of new measures

The Independent UK

Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moving to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case – now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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Nuclear fusion record smashed as German scientists take 'a significant step forward' to near-limitless clean energy

Germany's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator has set a new benchmark for fusion reactors, bringing commercial, near-limitless clean energy one step closer to reality.

The Independent UK

‘It’s a scandal’: Fury as inmates trapped on indefinite jail terms excluded from scheme to free up prison space

Exclusive: Seven in 10 recalled IPP prisoners have committed no further crime but are held for more than two years on average. Releasing them would free up a prison, but they have been left out of the government’s scheme to reduce the recall population

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Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on ‘inhumane’ jail terms – and you’re paying for it

Exclusive: Locking up IPP prisoners cost £145m in 2024, on top of an estimated £1.6bn spent since the cruel sentence was abolished, analysis shows

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Former Wallabies star Jordan Petaia signs NFL deal with LA Chargers

Former rugby union international Jordan Petaia is a step closer to realising his dream of playing in the NFL after signing with the Los Angeles Chargers

The Independent UK

‘Scandal hidden in plain sight’: Death toll of abolished jail term climbs to 94 after fresh wave of self-inflicted deaths in prison

Exclusive: Prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms continuing to take their own lives, say campaigners, as government resists calls to re-sentence them

The Independent UK

Father in jail for 13 years for stealing a phone suffers crisis which leaves him smashing face on floor

Exclusive: A crunch meeting will decide if IPP prisoner Thomas White will finally be transferred to a secure hospital after a rapid deterioration inside HMP Manchester

The Independent UK

‘I stole a mobile phone almost 20 years ago – I’ve spent half my life in prison’

Exclusive: Leroy Douglas is begging for his freedom, describing his IPP jail term as ‘cripplingly cruel’ as he languishes in prison with no hope of release

The Independent UK

The UN has condemned the ‘psychological torture’ of IPP – when will the UK government?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour has already ignored the advice of the Parole Board – it cannot turn a blind eye to the UN’s recommendations

The Independent UK

UN torture tsar attacks UK over ‘inhumane’ indefinite jail terms

Exclusive: The UN special rapporteur on torture has warned the British government is ‘very likely’ breaching IPP prisoners’ human rights

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