>IPPs, created in 2003 under Tony Blair’s premiership, granted indeterminate sentences and suggested a minimum time a prisoner should serve. Offenders can be on licence for up to 99 years upon release, meaning they can be recalled at any time, often for behaviour that is not criminal.
>In 2012, the European convention on human rights declared the use of IPPs “arbitrary and therefore unlawful” and the sentence was abolished, **but not retrospectively** for prisoners still serving their sentence. Nearly 3,000 prisoners in England and Wales are still serving IPP sentences. It is believed that 90 IPP prisoners have taken their own life when serving their sentence or on licence.
>reasons for recalling IPP offenders included missing or being late for appointments and a lack of suitable accommodation or mental health support in the community.
It then goes on to say:
>the figure of 461 recalls in 2022 not involving a further offence charge was the highest in the eight years for which data was provided.
Caephon on
IPP’s were the best thing Blunkett ever did, it’s a real shame he can’t recognise this and a travesty that they were done away. We sorely need them back to deal with persistent offenders.
LauraPhilps7654 on
Not Asbos or gambling deregulation or planning super casinos or 24 hour drinking or selling off council houses and not building anymore…
pashbrufta on
IPPs are based and we should be handing them out on a daily basis
3106Throwaway181576 on
IPP’s should only ever have been used for serial violent offenders
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>IPPs, created in 2003 under Tony Blair’s premiership, granted indeterminate sentences and suggested a minimum time a prisoner should serve. Offenders can be on licence for up to 99 years upon release, meaning they can be recalled at any time, often for behaviour that is not criminal.
>In 2012, the European convention on human rights declared the use of IPPs “arbitrary and therefore unlawful” and the sentence was abolished, **but not retrospectively** for prisoners still serving their sentence. Nearly 3,000 prisoners in England and Wales are still serving IPP sentences. It is believed that 90 IPP prisoners have taken their own life when serving their sentence or on licence.
It also links to another article: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/03/number-of-offenders-with-indefinite-sentences-recalled-to-prison-soars
>reasons for recalling IPP offenders included missing or being late for appointments and a lack of suitable accommodation or mental health support in the community.
It then goes on to say:
>the figure of 461 recalls in 2022 not involving a further offence charge was the highest in the eight years for which data was provided.
IPP’s were the best thing Blunkett ever did, it’s a real shame he can’t recognise this and a travesty that they were done away. We sorely need them back to deal with persistent offenders.
Not Asbos or gambling deregulation or planning super casinos or 24 hour drinking or selling off council houses and not building anymore…
IPPs are based and we should be handing them out on a daily basis
IPP’s should only ever have been used for serial violent offenders
Good policy, poor execution