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Imprisonment for Public Protection
The sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in 2012, yet more than 3,000 IPP prisoners continue to languish in custody.
The sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in 2012, yet more than 3,000 IPP prisoners continue to languish in custody.
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‘Our reputation as a just nation demands that this IPP stain be at last eradicated.’ Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2012, in his foreword to a report by the Prison Reform Trust.
In September 2016 the Inspectorate of Prisons published its Thematic Review Unintended consequences: Finding a way forward for prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection.