Tag: IPP sentence

UK Government Rejects Justice Committee’s Advice and Refuses to Review IPP Sentences

The chairman of the House of Commons justice committee said he was “genuinely surprised” the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, has rejected their recommendation to review the status of almost 3,000 prisoners who were being held under the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) system. In September the committee recommended all 2,926 in England and Wales should be…


UK MPs Call on Government to Scrap ‘Irredeemably Flawed’ IPP Sentences

The House of Commons Justice Committee has called on the government to review the status of almost 3,000 prisoners who were jailed under the “irredeemably flawed” Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) system. The committee’s report said the system for managing and releasing IPP prisoners was “inadequate” and all 2,926 in England and Wales should have…