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‘Defending the indefensible’: Government ‘will have blood on their hands’ over indefinite jail terms

More prisoners will take their own lives unless action is taken to help those trapped in IPP jail terms, a former top judge has warned, after The Independent called for sentences to be reviewed

The Independent UK

Abolished indefinite jail term is an ‘embarrassment’ to Britain, prison officers union chief says

Exclusive: The leader of the Prison Officers’ Association said some people trapped on ‘grossly unjust’ IPP sentences should not be in jail

The Independent UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe calls for end to ‘fundamentally wrong’ indefinite jail terms in Britain

Exclusive: Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained for six years in Iran, has urged justice secretary David Lammy to help thousands trapped on IPP jail terms, adding: ‘Punishment should fit the crime’

The Independent UK

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United Nations to investigate ‘national scandal’ of prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms

Exclusive: A complaint being lodged with the UN claims IPP prisoners are being arbitrarily detained, as a bombshell letter proves David Lammy agrees the jail terms are a ‘grave injustice’

The Independent UK

End scandal of indefinite jail terms, Britain’s probation chief urges Starmer

Exclusive: Martin Jones said it will be an ‘affront to justice’ if people are still trapped on IPP jail terms for minor crimes in 20 years as he urged ministers to consider new proposals

The Independent UK

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

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

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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

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

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

‘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

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