Meeting for Sufferings: IPP sentencing
One Friend described the sentences as ‘one of the greatest injustices in our system’ as they include people ‘rightfully sentenced’, and ‘those trapped under the three strikes approach… so some people are in for very minor crimes’.
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences were also considered, with a minute from Central England AM. A representative from the Community Justice Group said that, with 3,000 people still in jail under these indeterminate sentences, ‘We ask that renewed energy is put into lobbying the government on this matter, particularly in light of a new justice minister being appointed.’
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