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IPP prisoner finally granted parole after 20 years in prison

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The Independent UK · Aug 31

Why did ministers, civil servants and lawyers tolerate the inhumanity of IPP jail terms for so long?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Prisoners trapped on indefinite sentences have been treated beyond disgracefully. There must now be some accountability from those who allowed the injustice of IPP jail terms

The Independent UK · Aug 30

‘I’ve been waiting for this for 20 years’: Father jailed for two decades for stealing mobile phone finally going home

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Leroy Douglas, whose incarceration has been found to be unlawful and arbitrary by the United Nations, has finally been granted parole

The Independent UK · Aug 30

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 · Oct 24, 2025

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 · Sep 29, 2025

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 · Sep 10, 2025

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 · Aug 30, 2025

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 · Aug 3, 2025

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 · Aug 1, 2025

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 · Jul 17, 2025