Publication
A death row of sorts
Across the UK, an individual can find themselves detained, with no clear sense of when they might be released, under a number of different powers, laws and regulations.
News
eBulletin, 28 April 2023
Our latest eBulletin, sent out to those on our mailing list on Friday, 28 April. Sign-up for our free eBulletins here.
Comment
Challenging the complacent consensus
How do we create change in criminal justice?
News
New briefing on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence
We have produced a new briefing for MPs on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
News
Is that it? Comment on Government response to Justice Committee IPP report
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies today criticised the delay and obfuscation in the government’s response to the House of Commons Justice Committee report on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
News
Imprisonment for Public Protection. Ten years on
Despite parliament abolishing the unjust Imprisonment for Public Protection(IPP) sentence ten years ago today, more than 3,000 people are still languishing in prison on IPPs.
Comment
What's in it for Raab?
Is the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, prepared to take decisive action to address the multiple injustices of the imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence?
Comment
The worst of sentencing innovations
“Let us strike out now and clear its foul stench from our justice system”
News
Imprisonment for Public Protection - Finish the job
We have produced this briefing for parliamentarians, to inform debates on the Justice Committee report on Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
Publication
Imprisonment for Public Protection: Psychic Pain Redoubled
A timely assessment of the profound psychological toll of the Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and what needs to be done.
News
Time for "toxic" IPP sentence to be abolished, new report
The “toxic” Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence should be abolished as a matter of urgency, to restore a sense of justice and hope, according to a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
Comment
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.