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Peers say not reforming IPP sentences could cause another Post Office scandal

Ministers told they risk more miscarriages of justice by not backing bill to replace indefinite jail terms with fixed ones

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners held on indefinite terms should have sentences reviewed, peers told

Lord Tony Woodley says people still being held on abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences are subjected to miscarriages of justice.

Evening Standard

Reforms signal end to hundreds of long-abolished indefinite prison sentences

IPP sentences were introduced in 2005 to prevent serious offenders who did not warrant a life sentence being released when they still posed a danger.

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

Exclusive: Fugitive IPP prisoner spoke to The Independent and said: ‘How can someone not commit another crime yet end up in jail for years?’

The Independent UK

Woman ‘terrified’ after ruling upheld that her daughter’s killer should be freed

The board was asked by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to reconsider its recommendation that farm worker Steven Ling should be released.

Evening Standard

Parole Board upholds ruling that sadistic killer should be released

Steven Ling raped and murdered Joanne Tulip in Northumberland in 1997, stabbing her 60 times.

Evening Standard

Teen Jailed For 18 Months Over McDonald’s Fight Still In Prison 18 Years Later, Mom Asks For Help

"It's horrendous the way that they have treated them, and I know it's not just him." The post Teen Jailed For 18 Months Over McDonald’s Fight Still In Prison 18 Years Later, Mom Asks For Help first appeared on Bored Panda.

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TV tonight: David Mitchell solves a murder in new comedy Ludwig

A puzzle-setter turns detective when his twin brother goes missing. Plus: how does the Parole Board makes decisions? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Parole Board’s move to release murderer is ‘betrayal’, says victim’s mother

Doreen Soulsby condemns recommendation that Steven Ling be freed 27 years after rape and murder of Joanne Tulip

The Guardian - UK

Joanne Tulip’s family ‘disgusted’ after parole board says killer Stephen Ling should be released

Ling was jailed for life for raping Joanne Tulip and stabbing her 60 times in a sadistic murder 27 years ago

The Independent UK

'Sadistic' killer who stabbed victim 60 times in brutal murder should be freed, Parole Board says

A farm labourer who raped a woman and stabbed her 60 times in a sadistic murder 27 years ago should be freed, the Parole Board has said.

Evening Standard

‘People do awful things’: the Parole Board’s Rob McKeon on life among murderers, rapists and career criminals

McKeon has helped to decide the fate of more than 5,000 prisoners – including one who told him: ‘I quite like strangling people.’ He talks about the harder judgments

The Guardian - UK

Baby P’s mother recalled to jail after breaching licence terms again

Tracey Connelly’s 17-month-old son Peter suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register in Tottenham

Evening Standard

Labour urged to scrap £4bn Tory mega-jails plan and fund rehabilitation

Exclusive: Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick says money would be better spent preventing crime

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Colin Pitchfork parole hearing will not be held in public after ‘fresh allegations’

Parole Board apologises to families of child killer’s victims after unspecified ‘unforeseeable developments’

The Guardian - UK

Gary Glitter ordered to pay more than £500,000 to woman he abused

Paedophile former pop star told to pay £508,800 in damages including for lost earnings and future therapy

The Independent UK

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

Cross-party peers take up cause of ‘inhumane’ sentences highlighted by The Independent – but proposals fall short of resentencing

The Guardian - UK

As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released?

The long read: Indeterminate sentences are devastating to mental health, but prisoners with mental illness are less likely to be released. The result is a vicious cycle whereby the most vulnerable inmates often have the least chance of getting out – as John’s case shows

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The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How the ‘unjust’ IPP prison sentence scandal ruined thousands of lives

Imprisonment for public protection, or IPP, was envisaged as a tough measure on UK crime – but it has had devastating effects on thousands and their families

The Guardian - UK

Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification

The Guardian - UK

Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it?

A devoted father with a zest for life, he was given an indeterminate sentence in 2006. He is still locked up – and losing hope that he will ever be released

The Guardian - UK

Sister in Law review – how Harriet Wistrich fought the law and women won

The solicitor, campaigner and feminist reflects on her notable cases, from overturning Sally Challen’s murder conviction using the defence of coercive control, to the bid to stop the release of serial rapist John Worboys

Evening Standard

Killer pilot takes legal action against minister’s decision to block release

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

The Guardian - UK

Mother of Colin Pitchfork victim dismayed as he wins new release hearing

Double child rapist and murderer will face fresh parole hearing after appeal

The Guardian - UK

MoJ changes to indefinite jail sentences do not go far enough, says UN expert

Changes to imprisonment for public protection scheme in England and Wales ‘do not tackle the cases of nearly 1,250 prisoners’

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