Former supreme court justice Lord Brown described the IPP sentence as the ‘greatest single stain on our criminal justice system’.
- Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
What shapes leaders’ responses to issues of crime and justice is not that toughness wins, but that leniency-gone-wrong loses.
People sentenced for similar offences are more likely to offend after a short prison sentence than if they had been given a community sanction.
There are currently 74 people serving whole-life sentences.
Properly resourced probation services, drug and alcohol treatment and helping people build their social networks can all play a role.
New research suggests 400 people have died from suspected suicide within 48 hours of leaving police detention in the last seven years.
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