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The Pains of Indeterminacy, and the Pains of Hope
The Justice Committee have published their report on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, a discredited indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005.
The Justice Committee have published their report on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, a discredited indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005.
Having recently read Harry Annison's thoughtfully impressive case study of the genesis and demise of the IPP sentence (Imprisonment for Public Protection) put me in mind of a particularly challenging supervisory experience when working as a field probation officer with Jim (not his real name).