Logo





  About us
  Advertising
  Privacy
  Terms
  Directory
  Submit Feed
  Analytics
  Trending
  Bias
  Trust Ranking
  API

The Guardian // Politics

Peers say not reforming IPP sentences could cause another Post Office scandal

Friday 15th November 2024, 5:52PM

Ministers told they risk more miscarriages of justice by not backing bill to replace indefinite jail terms with fixed onesPeers have said the government is failing to deal with a miscarriage of justice akin to the Post Office scandal, after ministers refused to back legislation that would give new sentences to thousands of prisoners jailed indefinitely.James Timpson, the prisons minister, said the 2,964 people currently serving indeterminate sentences would in future have a better chance of being released, with more regular reviews of their readiness every six months. Continue reading...

Full Story