Prison
IPP licence termination hotline
The Howard League has set up a hotline to advise people on IPP sentences about the new arrangements for terminating their licence.
11th October 2024
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The Howard League has set up a hotline to advise people on IPP sentences about the new arrangements for terminating their licence.
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has published a 5-point plan to resolve the IPP crisis for good.
User Voice interviewed 111 people subject to the IPP sentence.
HMI Probation finds IPP recalls mostly in line with policy but deplores lack of support and continuity of supervising officers.
Government proposes to cut IPP licence in half from 10 to 5 years but takes no action for those still inside.
Prisons & Probation Ombudsman bulletin on the worrying increase in self-inflicted deaths of IPP prisoners.
The Centre for Crime and Justice with a new briefing on indeterminate custodial sentences in the UK
The Government refuses to resentence people subject to IPP sentence or reduce licence period.
House of Commons Library briefing on sentences of imprisonment for public protection (IPP)
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies calls for the “toxic” Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence to be abolished as a matter of urgency.
The Justice Committee calls on the Government to re-sentence all prisoners subject to IPP sentences.
The United Group for Reform of IPP (UNGRIPP) is a grassroots campaigning organisation pushing for changes to the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
