"Damning prison projections uncovered by The Independent reveal the government's action plan to tackle the scandal of indefinite jail terms will leave hundreds of prisoners to rot. The shocking Ministry of Justice figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, show at least 520 prisoners serving widely discredited, and now abolished, Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms are expected to be incarcerated in March 2030. They will never have been freed."
"The revelations undermine the government's claim that its IPP Action Plan', which promises to help prisoners progress towards safe release, will address the scandal. Britain's former top judge, Lord John Thomas, has said the figures prove the government's plan is a failure which will not end the obvious injustice for those serving the abolished jail term. The open-ended punishments, which have been linked to almost 100 suicides in prison, have been compared to a gulag system for trapping thousands without a release date."
Ministry of Justice figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request show at least 520 prisoners serving abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences are expected to remain incarcerated in March 2030. The government's IPP Action Plan promises to help prisoners progress toward safe release, but those figures indicate many will never be freed. Former top judge Lord John Thomas called the plan a failure that will not end the injustice for those serving the abolished term. IPP sentences have been linked to almost 100 suicides and compared to a gulag for trapping thousands without release dates. The projections exclude recalled prisoners and hundreds held in secure hospitals after mental health deterioration.
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