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‘Do the right thing’: Pressure mounts on government to resentence prisoners with indefinite terms

Exclusive: Sir Bob Neill heaped pressure on Keir Starmer to resentence IPP prisoners after another inmate took his life

The Independent UK

Inmate with indefinite prison term took his own life after government rejected resentencing plans

In a tragic suicide note, Sean Davies said he hoped his death would trigger change for IPP prisoners with no hope of release

The Independent UK

UN torture tsar calls on Starmer to review sentences of IPP prisoners trapped indefinitely behind bars

Dr Alice Jill Edwards says cases raised by The Independent highlight need for ‘urgent’ action to end ‘terrible indictment’ on UK justice system

The Independent UK

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‘I missed out on growing up’: Father robbed of 16 years before indefinite jail term quashed

Exclusive: Leighton Williams was wrongly handed an IPP sentence with a 30-month tariff for a drunken fight aged 19. More than 16 years later it was quashed. In his first interview about his ordeal, he has called for 3,000 remaining IPP prisoners to have their cases reviewed, Amy-Clare Martin writes

The Independent UK

Fears for father still in jail 19 years after laptop robbery under ‘scandalous’ IPP sentence

Exclusive: Government must have ‘courage to know when something is wrong’ and review IPP sentences, Bob Neill tells The Independent

The Independent UK

Prisoners trapped on indeterminate jail terms not included in Labour government’s sentencing review

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has announced IPP prisoners will not have their cases addressed in the government’s planned sentencing review

The Independent UK

Calls to end injustice of indefinite jail terms as Keir Starmer to release prisoners early

David Blunkett backs calls demanding action on IPP sentences as Labour prepares to announce mass early release of other inmates

The Independent UK

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Prisoner dreams of ‘normal life’ after spending 18 years in jail for 23-month sentence

Exclusive: Wayne Williams said he lives in a constant state of ‘fear, paranoia and loneliness’ under abolished IPP sentence

The Independent UK

‘He looked like a starving dog on the floor’: Prisoner trapped on indefinite jail term driven to hunger strike

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Yusuf Ali was handed a three-year tariff but has lost hope of freedom after serving almost 16 years, Amy-Clare Martin writes

The Independent UK

Fears for father trapped in jail for 12 years over stealing a mobile phone after he set himself alight

Exclusive: Horrified family members believe IPP prisoner Thomas White acted in despair as he loses hope of ever being freed

The Independent UK

Sixteen years for stealing a flower pot: the film about the IPP jail sentence ‘designed to bury you alive’

Britain’s Forgotten Prisoners is a devastating documentary about the ‘public protection’ sentences that can amount to whole-of-life terms for relatively minor offences. Film-maker Martin Read explains his seven-year quest for justice

The Guardian - UK

Dad trapped under indefinite jail term ‘failed and forgotten’ as he’s transferred 12 times in 12 years

IPP prisoner Thomas White has been moved 12 times after serving 12 years for a two-year tariff for stealing a mobile phone

The Independent UK

Crucial reforms to help thousands trapped in indeterminate jail terms fail after Labour peers ‘bottle it’

Baroness Fox praised The Independent for shining a light on the plight of IPP prisoners in a House of Lords debate

The Independent UK

Families beg for end to IPP scandal as Lords vote on indeterminate sentence reforms

Cross-party peers take up cause of ‘inhumane’ sentences highlighted by The Independent – but proposals fall short of resentencing

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released?

The long read: Indeterminate sentences are devastating to mental health, but prisoners with mental illness are less likely to be released. The result is a vicious cycle whereby the most vulnerable inmates often have the least chance of getting out – as John’s case shows

The Guardian - UK

Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?

He tackled a murderer to the ground to protect the public. But the draconian licence conditions of his ‘99-year sentence’ meant that the first person he called was his probation officer

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How the ‘unjust’ IPP prison sentence scandal ruined thousands of lives

Imprisonment for public protection, or IPP, was envisaged as a tough measure on UK crime – but it has had devastating effects on thousands and their families

The Guardian - UK

Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification

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The Guardian - UK

Nearly 3,000 people are languishing in jail unfairly. We must set them free

There is consensus in parliament that indeterminate sentences are unjust. So why is the government dragging its heels, asks Bob Neill MP

The Guardian - UK

David Blunkett says devising 99-year prison sentences is his ‘biggest regret’

Labour former home secretary says imprisonment for public protection sentences have resulted in ‘deeply damaging outcomes’

The Guardian - UK

‘Indefensible’: UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years

Coroner condemns ‘inhumane’ imprisonment for public protection sentences that have no end date for release

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a very unfair system’: family of man who took his own life criticise indefinite sentences

Relatives of Francis Williams say threat of return to prison without committing another crime was ‘torture’ for him

The Guardian - UK

MoJ changes to indefinite jail sentences do not go far enough, says UN expert

Changes to imprisonment for public protection scheme in England and Wales ‘do not tackle the cases of nearly 1,250 prisoners’

The Guardian - UK

Meet the Outlaw escaping from prisons in protest against indefinite detention

Joe Outlaw is one of 2,921 inmates still on IPP sentences, which were abolished in 2012

The Independent UK

Ex-prisoner’s cry for help over indefinite jail term before his death

In a heartbreaking email to the justice secretary, Matthew Price told of the ‘psychological torture’ of living under an indeterminate sentence

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