Too many British prisoners are still serving indefinite sentences
Even after those terms were scrapped
IN 2006 LEROY, a 22-year-old, stole a phone from another man in the street. After being caught and convicted, he was given a minimum sentence of 30 months. Yet 16 years later, Leroy is still in prison with no idea when he may be released. He is one of some 3,000 inmates incarcerated in English and Welsh jails under sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP), which were handed out only between 2005 and 2012.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “An awful detention”
Britain February 26th 2022
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- Too many British prisoners are still serving indefinite sentences
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- Clinical trials are ailing
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