Please could everyone sign this petition created on the 10/05/23.

It’s to enable resentencing for those serving an indeterminate prison sentence.

Link to petition here

IPP IN THE NEWS

13th November 2024

Mum’s anguish over son’s endless prison sentence

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4g09jvgl9o?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhckpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWI2kPZGiWgRF7i844Zawqq0vsgNc-EyMRLye-sjypUCppBWWdq-FjO82A_aem_rKKz_8U67YEawgbupweAIA

11th November 2024

Teenager jailed for 2 years over fire in empty building still locked up 18 years later

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-liam-bennett-prison-b2644306.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhchZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaeuWQcXQo82aLrRdTKMbK5Hf7gwUOmxCu_Gsofbw2b3CbkoOW6buNytKA_aem_Rewet1FAcdpUyVFmmePPCg

10th November 2024

Stop scaremongering over prisoners trapped by indefinite jail terms, ministers told

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-un-torture-alice-edwards-resentencing-bill-b2644200.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcLNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeaIVBsa9C5d0MrZZIXT89_20WfUmHOPM08TFcO8yIueVkq13Hgo5u-9fg_aem_HgWlR_fhYXvkJWS159Bvag

6th November 2024

Fishmongers’ Hall hero warns of more IPP prisoner suicides as he is finally freed from indefinite jail term

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-fishmongers-hall-marc-conway-b2641843.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhbs5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWO-OEmZy9I_-kC7zA4FwpLoelBfkA6TW96Od2hh2rQjJkOcVr7JoLBzWA_aem_JKv7GH6zEJPfKHJXxlEYwQ&sfnsn=scwspmo

5th November 2024

Two IPP prisoners living in a kafkaesque nightmare

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024ngp?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcEdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbdu10H1gjklsA37UGF_lGpZA8NVr6ueY35dwH-KFj1L6yjSNgAHEndRNg_aem_sNCV0iIipL_5Rp2lADBBhQ

4th November 2024

One third of IPP prisoners are in the wrong prisons

https://insidetime.org/newsround/one-third-of-ipp-prisoners-are-in-the-wrong-prisons/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcSFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHV6bN3CPhi31866s6zRXr2qeNF2r3n1hw_SJANq2lze6O0-WBnYwT2IjxQ_aem_Ohg-hKgjvvh2_NE2XpNRcA

1st November 2024

House of Commons library: IPP sentences

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06086/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcVNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRVTlP_ULogN-0hK9H2mjIWN5QFAcHXHx-qdgbGv-3RB48nAWPOSDnSxAw_aem_0RjJt6P_Nqmjpglbsc349Q

29th October 2024

Five still in jail 16 years after being given IPP sentences of below 6 months, data shows

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/29/prisoners-indeterminate-sentences-ipp-ministry-of-justice-data?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcI1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYP2aLK2tHKc3psaV6fEsy0NP0gXzzIc0dzn9HJMGYTq1f6Z7sOjkB09Hw_aem__5uus2NABI_-Pq2nuoVuyQ

29th October 2024

IPP sentences debate Westminster Hall

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2024-10-29a.222.0&s=IPP+sentence&fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcOFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHX6QPhpGS8nxibyklCYCUvnLzqvPjzm9Hqn42sihXsArHQSMZ09DPOoI-w_aem_n3UXMxE8iNOXecBrrVWjQw

29th October 2024

IPP sentence live resentencing dabate Westminster Hall

https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/d8753943-9282-41e9-9e76-9e5f6c127c48?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcatleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXBokRfJt43NpDPGTA3C_5qdf0hIpLUWLU0GI-Mha_zp6Ey3gv4_IUoBRQ_aem_bi9aaCLHOzdGe6Lg-6Fl3A

28th October 2024

Father goes on the run to escape ‘unfair’ indefinite recall to prison over his love life

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-prisoner-recall-matthew-booth-b2635197.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhb71leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTm19RR50N_q6OLqlBOosBN9IXaAZC0FlKoPAA2YXiMEax8zds3pr8ZOAw_aem_kKNxSvMKrpU-dF2R7q3UDw

28th September 2024

Father trapped in 18 years after given 8 month sentence for waving a pistol.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-james-lawrence-torment-b2619658.html

16th September 2024

Early release scheme a ‘slap in the face’ to forgotten prisoners languishing on indefinite jail terms

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/labour-early-release-prison-scheme-ipp-sentence-b2613715.html?s=04&fbclid=IwY2xjawGhdMVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWgBCGNwlq93EiO1dJVCsfTDS0ZjZBeaQ3t-WAGdmur2fM1kUIObuuOKPg_aem_m5j9gXcOYC96kFn1RXn4TQ

15th September 2024

My brother is one of Britain’s most wronged prisoners- he’d rather die than be in Jail.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/15/one-britains-wronged-prisoners-speaks-behind-bars-21594406/

15th September 2024

Prisoner who set himself alight after serving 12 years for stealing a mobile phone should be in hospital, medics warn

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-thomas-white-hospital-mobile-phone-b2612499.html

11th September 2024

Former Lord Chief Justices call for ‘sentence inflation’ to be reversed.

https://insidetime.org/newsround/former-lord-chief-justices-call-for-sentence-inflation-to-be-reversed/

10th September 2024

IPP Scandal: call on free vote to end ‘living nightmare’ of indefinite jail terms.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-resentencing-bill-house-of-lords-b2609473.html

8th September 2024

The tragedy of IPP sentences and why things must change.

https://www.herald.wales/national-news/the-tragedy-of-ipp-prison-sentences-and-why-things-must-change/

6th September 2024

IPP prisoner’s successful appeal that squashed his IPP sentence

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/66fee2c84607a802bba9a024?utm_source=amp&target=amp_jtext&fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcxZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcfA3ZKN8cxOkwjarxkSpjVhVHLjY20p7vB0iRyXbpCNM85DIAxu6LBQ_g_aem_p_QZACTp4ayiSBOIjOmg-Q

6th September 2024

I am stuck in prison with no way out’’: The institutional harm of IPP sentences

https://why-me.org/2024/i-am-stuck-in-prison-with-no-way-out-the-institutional-harm-of-ipp-sentences/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhc8hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYwxXznDIGyjHuwxLyHIIp23T8qSjfgwro6qhwQDGIX8Tab36BdnHsRtuA_aem_oGzUXa4iKbOIVutqrEsMgg

5th September 2024

BBC Radio interview with IPP Campaigner Bernadette Emerson, on the urgency for the IPP resentencing private bill proposed by Lord Woodley to be implemented.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022kvl?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2DipRYmkyeEyj1DpVRugV_Hc1t2-mLmhqVAg4bTwuyJVawIsPEU_ZVwBI_aem_48QLTDgvM7ehNkJ81bsO5g&sfnsn=scwspmo

5th September 2024

Man on controversial indefinite sentence told to delay parole hearing over mental health concerns.

https://t.co/AkkbVIyb5L

23rd August 2024

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

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/prisoner-dreams-normal-life-spending-111649233.html

22nd August 2024

Stuck in legal limbo: will there be change for prisoners on IPPs?

https://t.co/dDHJLJhDtp

22nd August 2024

Do the right thing’: Pressure Mounts on Government to resentence prisoners with indefinite terms.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-prisoners-resentence-calls-bob-neill-b2599636.html?s=04&fbclid=IwY2xjawE0GvlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbw-e6CyqsbCC1Hns4BSeVoPElw0dzfKqIlOmsZyQr3NlxTSwauJSXjYIg_aem_3HhOchOUxV6EOIOeo52WpQ&sfnsn=scwspwa

22nd August 2024

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-suicide-coroner-sean-davies-b2599117.html

21st August 2024

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ipp-prison-sentences-keir-starmer-un-torture-b2598805.html

21st August 2024

Kent IPP prisoner who took his own life said he would never be released.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2kjzpvgz2jo.amp

19th August 2024

UN expert urges UK Government to prioritise review of indefinite sentences.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/08/un-expert-urges-uk-government-prioritise-review-indefinite-prison-sentences

15th August 2024

Parole board rejects most IPP license termination bids.

https://buff.ly/3WINuYd

11th August 2024

The case of Michael Robert’s exposes a scandal in our criminal justice system.

https://t.co/jwih9MYnpQ

4th August 2024

Father robbed of 16 years of growing up. After indefinite term is quashed.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-prison-sentence-leighton-williams-indefinite-jail-term-b2581535.html

2nd August 2024

IPP jail sentences: Man’s two decades in prison for stealing laptop.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e5154j4z0o.amp

27th July 2024

Fears for father 19 years after laptop robbery under ‘Scandalous’ IPP Sentence.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-adbullahi-suleman-laptop-b2586892.html

27th July 2024

End the Injustice of the IPP sentences- this scandal has lasted too long.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/indefinite-sentences-prisons-ipp-mahmood-timpson-b2586933.html

26th July 2024

Shaine Tester: Inquest concludes into death of IPP Prisoner. An extremely tragic case as it is clear that Shaine was failed by the system in respect of his IPP sentence.

https://www.inquest.org.uk/shaine-tester-inquest

25th July 2024

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-prison-indefinite-sentences-overcrowding-b2585447.html

19th July 2024

Young woman Jailed for 16 years for breaking plant pot and ripping up betting slip under Labour Government’s controversial IPP sentence slams ‘cruel, degrading and severe mental health damage’ it caused.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13650781/amp/Young-woman-jailed-16-years-breaking-plant-pot-ripping-betting-slip-Labour-governments-controversial-IPP-sentence-slams-cruel-degrading-severe-mental-damage-caused.html

12th July 2024

Prison crisis will force indeterminate changes- Blunkett.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clwyr3jylxeo.amp

11th July 2024

APPEAL joins calls to address the brutal injustice of indeterminate IPP sentences

https://appeal.org.uk/appeal-joins-calls-to-address-the-brutal-injustice-of-ipp-sentences/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhcrhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUilGo38FgJka3AsQN9Cpq2R9Xta9kEEQd_X9FLaHB2gLQ41DYFcTjZSDg_aem_f-zuwOZl4qEPkHUYvrzVtg

11th July 2024

Ending “inhumane” IPP sentences will help prisons crisis, more than 70 strong coalition says.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ending-inhumane-ipp-sentences-will-help-prisons-crisis-more-70-strong-coalition-says

1st July 2024

Imprisonment for public protection: No more kicking can.

https://www.mountfordchambers.com/imprisonment-for-public-protection-no-more-kicking-the-can/

23rd June 2024

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-wayne-williams-parole-b2566708.html

14th June 2024

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-thomas-white-fire-prison-b2562718.html

16th June 2024

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-yusuf-ali-hunger-strike-b2558815.html

12th June 2024

EXCLUSIVE: David Blunkett admits controversial prison sentences are biggest regret as ex-convicts speak out.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/david-blunkett-admits-controversial-prison-33016450?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

12th June 2024

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

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/12/britains-forgotten-prisoners-documentary-martin-read-ipp

26th May 2024

Dad of IPP prisoner:’how long do they want to keep him…until he’s in a box?IPP Danny Weatherson who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, has served 19 years for a 15 month sentence.

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2024-05-26/dad-of-ipp-prisoner-how-long-do-they-want-to-keep-him-until-hes-in-a-box

20th May 2024

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-scandal-lords-reform-vote-b2546944.html

7th May 2024

IPP prisoner who has spent 12 years behind bars for stealing a mobile phone has been able to hug his teenage son for the first time since he was a toddler.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13390649/boy-petty-criminal-father-hugging-reunion-emotional.html

24th April 2024

Tommy Nicol was kind and friendly-a beloved brother. Why did he die in prison on a “99 year” sentence.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/24/tommy-nicol-kind-friendly-beloved-brother-died-prison-99-year-sentence?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1ofiZ91nuHYo_T_yKLbW6f0dbsKrvKEm7UGVm1gEX320CGhyzawBdN0hk_aem_AfdrIHE_qfp_n_R6rmNXEAeV74xPQstBNas-Iasvjmb5OSQiK69WnK4CTYxxHm3m8hamEYOTCTmNwqcBzXZwtAPJ

22nd April 2024

Man jailed indefinitely for 23 month crime took life after 17 years.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-jailed-indefinitely-23-month-29036091?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3jyvbqj9F_o9oUQIlniMGQx8qrlDCW6oNaCVATjpfcojSq6eXG_o9tKrs_aem_AfeI5i_Km_VnLolXdDBIwpsPbvMc0kH_tRux3yRvKRSLDOZf7sQQXKTljhB7MrQS5yO1kw2m0Cit51dSkWREZXAR

10th April 2024

Irredeemably flawed: The IPP prisoner scandal, and the death of Matthew Price.

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/04/irredeemably-flawed-the-ipp-prisoner-scandal-and-the-death-of-matthew-price/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3CTshGLGI6Z-ae7KsIgA1l88Rl-jkjETFa_nf-12CVUUYJGXfE-hWncFw_aem_AfdlI0D4uvflwIBBnP-Zu7r-Y57IbpY-Dfc-0XTtyhpzKVnboW28k_500oMxPl28EwwjzXK0r1pTzQ6V-7ZHNypj

27th March 2024

Indefinite sentence prisoner loses parole board bid for freedom.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2024/03/27/indefinite-sentence-prisoner-loses-parole-board-bid-to-be-freed/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1RWYTc_DI8Tl9Mb8EeJwBNKHENppbns4ZUnB-b_93QSjIqY1pgjoewntw_aem_AfcyCGXta61Urj2Nyx4Yg1SOUil5jMLZqUFRMDExeXS63_Omfl-UjTr5xuY87UwOERi3pTCJMMngqW1rqDzss90u

10th March 2024

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

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/mar/10/family-of-man-who-took-his-own-life-criticise-indefinite-sentences-ipp

26th February 2024

Calls to end the ‘living nightmare’ of indefinite jail terms ahead of lords crunch debate.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-prison-living-nightmare-lords-debate-b2501376.html

14th November 2023

21st October 2023

4th October 2023

23rd September 2023

21st September 2023

3rd September 2023

3rd September 2023

9th August 2023

28th July 2023

25th July 2023

24th July 2023

18th July 2023

12th July 2023

9th May 2023

1st May 2023

27th April 2023

26th April 2023

25th April 2023

24th April 2023

23rd April 2023

21st April 2023

19th April 2023

11th April 2023

2nd March 2023

25th February 2023

21st February 2023

20th February 2023

15th February 2023

11th February 2023

10th February 2023

9th February 2023

4th February 2023





25/10/2022

Radio 4 law in action interview with Shirley Debono discussing the recommendations to resentence IPP prisoners, recommended by the Justice Committee. Click on link here:

13/11/2022

Resentence all IPPs says former Lord Chief Justice. Link here

03/10/2022

The Howard League and the scandal of the IPP prison sentences. Link here

03/10/2022

The Justice Gap. Campaigners are calling for the release of prisoners on the controversial IPP sentences. Link here

28/09/2022

MPs call for overhaul of IPP prison sentences. Link here:

28/09/2022

Center for Crime and Justice studies , pay tribute to the IPP campaigner groups Ungripp and IPP Committee In Action. Link here

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Call for the release of IPP prisoners "without delay"

Please watch below the exclusive news report that the ITV covered on Tuesday 26th April 2022 by Sangita Lal supporting our campaign against the IPP sentence. Watch here

Please watch below the ITV news coverage by Sangita Lal on the 27th April 2022 of our IPP protest March and handing our letter into downing street calling for an end to the IPP sentence retrospectively. Watch here

Please watch this short film IPP Unintended Consequences it covers in great detail why the IPP sentence was introduced , Why the IPP sentence was abolished in 2012 and explores the miscarriage of justice of why the IPPs who were given the sentence before 2012 are still serving time on an abolished sentence. Watch here

To read more about this story click on the link here