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
11th November 2024
Teenager jailed for 2 years over fire in empty building still locked up 18 years later
10th November 2024
Stop scaremongering over prisoners trapped by indefinite jail terms, ministers told
6th November 2024
Fishmongers’ Hall hero warns of more IPP prisoner suicides as he is finally freed from indefinite jail term
5th November 2024
Two IPP prisoners living in a kafkaesque nightmare
4th November 2024
One third of IPP prisoners are in the wrong prisons
1st November 2024
House of Commons library: IPP sentences
29th October 2024
Five still in jail 16 years after being given IPP sentences of below 6 months, data shows
29th October 2024
IPP sentences debate Westminster Hall
29th October 2024
IPP sentence live resentencing dabate Westminster Hall
28th October 2024
Father goes on the run to escape ‘unfair’ indefinite recall to prison over his love life
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
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
11th September 2024
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.
6th September 2024
IPP prisoner’s successful appeal that squashed his IPP sentence
6th September 2024
I am stuck in prison with no way out’’: The institutional harm of IPP sentences
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.
5th September 2024
Man on controversial indefinite sentence told to delay parole hearing over mental health concerns.
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?
22nd August 2024
Do the right thing’: Pressure Mounts on Government to resentence prisoners with indefinite terms.
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.
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.
15th August 2024
Parole board rejects most IPP license termination bids.
11th August 2024
The case of Michael Robert’s exposes a scandal in our criminal justice system.
4th August 2024
Father robbed of 16 years of growing up. After indefinite term is quashed.
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.
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.
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.
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
11th July 2024
Ending “inhumane” IPP sentences will help prisons crisis, more than 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.
12th June 2024
Sixteen years for stealing a flower pot: the film about the IPP jail sentence ‘designed to bury you alive’
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.
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.
24th April 2024
Tommy Nicol was kind and friendly-a beloved brother. Why did he die in prison on a “99 year” sentence.
22nd April 2024
Man jailed indefinitely for 23 month crime took life after 17 years.
10th April 2024
Irredeemably flawed: The IPP prisoner scandal, and the death of Matthew Price.
27th March 2024
Indefinite sentence prisoner loses parole board bid for freedom.
10th March 2024
‘It’s a very unfair system’: Family of man of man who took his life criticise indefinite sentences.
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
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26th April 2023
Ministry Of Justice: IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION (IPP) ACTION PLAN
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: Alex Chalk KC MP - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
25th April 2023
24th April 2023
House of Commons Library: The IPP Sentence (Research Briefing)
Public and Commercial Services Union Briefing: Sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection
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
UK Parliament: MPs regret government rejecting review of IPP sentences
ITV News : Ministers criticised after rejecting review of open-ended IPP prison sentences
UK Parliament: Government & Parole Board Responses to Third Report
ITV news: Ministers criticised for rejecting to resentence IPP prisoners
UK Parliament: The Reckless decision and response from the Government
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
Inside Time: MPs call for all IPP prisoners to be resentenced
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
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Below are links to even more devastating stories of IPPs.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fears-dad-ninth-year-soul-21939154
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-crushed-indefinite-sentence-drew-22297165
Below are the links from IPP campaigners about the IPP sentence.
https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/news/2022-02-10/new-video-lunch-shirley-debono-and-donna-mooney
Below are the links to the IPP sentence being discussed in Parliament.
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/17b2b4aa-4e88-4c1b-a9d2-648f5d3cd543?in=18%3A44%3A43
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/04bc7bd0-f5b9-40f4-b086-b1ef0099e1c7?s=04
Below is a link to a radio interview with a loved one of a serving IPP .
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0014g6y
Below is a link to a petition to prevent recalls of IPPs unless found guilty of offences.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/599564
Our opened response letter to the right honorable Kit Malthouse the contents of the letter are in the link below: