The Latest Breaking News from IPP

Fresh hope of release for inmates trapped on ‘inhumane’ indefinite jail terms decades after their crimes

The Independent has tirelessly campaigned for more than two years for all IPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed – as 2,400 languish in jail, many for petty crimes and some locked up as children, with no release date

The Independent UK · Aug 4

UN condemns ‘arbitrary’ detention of UK prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms as ‘psychological torture’

The UN’s Human Rights Council lashed out at the UK government for ‘inhumane treatment’ of IPP prisoners

The Independent UK · Jul 30

My brother stole a mobile phone - 14 years on he’s facing prison again with no release date

Exclusive: Thomas White is being sent back to prison indefinitely after nine months in secure hospital

The Independent UK · Jul 26

‘I just can’t do it anymore’: Prisoner wrote note blaming ‘cruel’ indefinite jail term before he was found dead

Exclusive: Steven McBride’s sister has spoken of her anguish after an inquest found he felt ‘trapped, hopeless and frustrated’ on an IPP jail term

The Independent UK · Jun 26

‘The torture continues’: Father who robbed phone 20 years ago recalled to prison after anonymous phone call

Shaun Lloyd – whose case is being reviewed by the UN – has not been arrested, interviewed or charged but is facing years more behind bars on an IPP sentence he was handed as a teenager

The Independent UK · Jun 25

Ministers urged to end ‘catastrophic cycle’ of open-ended IPP recalls

Exclusive: More £64million is spent each year locking up IPP prisoners recalled to prison indefinitely despite committing no further crime, campaigners estimate

The Independent UK · May 20

Uar Bernard: the ‘rarest physical specimen’ who exposes the NFL’s scouting flaws

The Philadelphia Eagles selected the Nigerian defensive lineman before he had even played a down of football. More teams should take risks on global talent

The Guardian - US · May 7

‘My son was torn from my arms and I was sent back to prison for crime I didn’t commit’

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Indefinite jail terms were scrapped in 2012, but continue to tear families apart. Amy-Clare Martin follows the harrowing case of a mother separated from her son over the constant threat of recall for a petty crime she committed 20 years ago

The Independent UK · May 3

Teen trapped for 20 years on indefinite jail term should have served 18 months, judges rule

Jay Davis is among six prisoners languishing on IPP jail terms to have their sentences quashed last week

The Independent UK · Apr 28

‘Shameless cruelty’: Father held under indefinite jail term for stealing phone faces being sent back to prison

Exclusive: Devastated relatives say Thomas White, who has served 14 years stealing a mobile phone, has been told he is going back to prison without a release date

The Independent UK · Mar 24