Father-of-two on the run over indefinite prison sentence appeals to justice secretary to intervene
Matthew Booth, a Bolton father, is on the run after being recalled to prison under the indefinite Imprisonment for Public ...
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IPP: ‘My brother lost his life because of a false allegation’: Publican took own life after recall on indefinite jail term
Haydar Jefferies, a former IPP prisoner, tragically died after being recalled to prison following a false allegation, as delays and ...
Jailed without hope: Ministers block 128 prisoners on indefinite jail terms from moving to open conditions
In the past year, the government has blocked 128 prisoners serving abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences from moving ...
‘Don’t be on wrong side of history’: Indefinite jail terms compared to Post Office and Infected Blood scandals
In a passionate plea, Labour peer Tony Woodley urged the government to resentence almost 2,700 prisoners under abolished IPP jail ...
Stop scaremongering over prisoners trapped by indefinite jail terms, ministers told
Ministers have been accused of "scaremongering" for refusing to resentence over 2,600 prisoners with indefinite jail terms, including cases like ...
Fishmongers’ Hall hero warns of more IPP prisoner suicides as he is finally freed from indefinite jail term
Marc Conway, a hero of the Fishmongers’ Hall terror attack, warns that more prisoners on indefinite jail terms, like his ...
‘Torturous’ indefinite jail term robbed son of whole adult life before he died in a cell at 34, mother says
Josh Mcrae, a 34-year-old prisoner, was found dead in his cell at HMP Long Lartin after being refused parole and ...
‘He’s been punished enough’: Family’s plea for prisoner who set himself alight under indefinite jail term
Thomas White, a prisoner serving an indefinite jail term for stealing a mobile phone, set himself alight in his cell ...
Indefinite jail terms excluded from flagship sentencing review to end prison overcrowding crisis
Excluded from a government review on prison overcrowding, morally questionable indefinite jail terms known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP) ...
IPP sentence: Top judge demands help for prisoners ‘left to rot’ under ‘morally wrong’ indefinite jail terms
Britain’s former top judge, John Thomas, has supported The Independent’s campaign for prisoners serving indefinite jail terms to have their ...
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