Centre for Crime and Justice Studies today criticised the delay and obfuscation in the government’s response to the House of Commons Justice Committee report on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
Despite parliament abolishing the unjust Imprisonment for Public Protection(IPP) sentence ten years ago today, more than 3,000 people are still languishing in prison on IPPs.
Is the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, prepared to take decisive action to address the multiple injustices of the imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence?
“Let us strike out now and clear its foul stench from our justice system”
We have produced this briefing for parliamentarians, to inform debates on the Justice Committee report on Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
A timely assessment of the profound psychological toll of the Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and what needs to be done.
The “toxic” Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence should be abolished as a matter of urgency, to restore a sense of justice and hope, according to a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
The Justice Committee have published their report on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, a discredited indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005.
The House of Commons Justice Committee report on the open-ended Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence is a step in the right direction, but there is some way to go.
Prisoners serving IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) prison sentences, beyond the length set by the court – the so-called ‘tariff’ – should be released “without delay”, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies says today.
Next month we will be publishing an overview of the psychological impact on prisoners of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
Quakers have a long-lasting interest in prisons and wider criminal justice issues.
