News
IPP reform. Some things to watch out for this month
There are a few things coming up this month that are worth looking out for.
Comment
The parliamentary battle to reform the IPP sentence
The long, slow march to IPP justice took a significant step forward last week with wide-ranging agreement across the House of Lords that new Government proposals, although welcome, don’t go nearly far enough.
News
Working in partnership for IPP reform
We have joined forces with ten other organisations, pressing for reform of the dreadful Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
News
More ambition needed on IPP reform, new report
A compassionate release programme, reparations and resentencing are among proposals in a new five-point plan from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies to resolve the IPP crisis.
Publication
How to resolve the IPP crisis for good
This report sets out a five-point plan to resolve the 21-year injustice of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
Comment
Peers ponder way out of IPP impasse
There is widespread agreement across the main political parties and many legal experts that imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences need wholesale reform.
Comment
Total recall
Recall is the mechanism through which a released prisoner can be returned to prison, if they are judged to have broken the terms of their release.
Comment
In praise of the unusual suspects
The annual Longford Lecture, now in its 21st year, has become something of a fixture in the criminal justice reformer’s calendar.
News
Time to consider a compassionate release programme for IPP prisoners
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies today called on the Justice Secretary to consider a compassionate release programme for prisoners subject to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
News
In the news
Over the summer, we contributed to several news pieces, including on prison reform, witness anonymity, crime waves, police investigations and the Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence.
Comment
A sense of justice
At the beginning of July I was honoured to attend a powerful exhibition in parliament on the appalling Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
News
Time to reform "torturous and unfair" indeterminate sentences
Indeterminate sentences across the UK could amount to psychological torture and require urgent reform, argues our latest briefing, out today.