In December 2023 there were 9 women serving IPP sentences: Imprisonment for Public Protection - which can last much longer than the original tariff.
There are calls for reform: theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/2…

Tragic.

‘Indefensible’: UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years | Sentencing | The Guardian theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/2…

Come on, who had 'Irish government to reintroduce hard border to repel migrants' in the Brexit sweepstake?

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A very sad loss. RIP.

Lord Moylan Bring these inhumane, iniquitous sentences to an end.

Why is it that when Christians express an opinion they are 'imposing their morality', but when secularists do the same they are not?

A thread on IPP prisoners:

Increasingly it seems the Common Travel Area works one way. I’ve noticed this for years, having to stand in a passport queue arriving at Shannon but not when I fly back to Heathrow.

Mark Robinson, High Streets Task Force: “I think high streets often get thought of as charity cases full of charity shops. I think they are key to changing some of the difficulties we have in the UK at the moment.” #HighStreets inquiry

Thank you Lord Moylan for your continued drive to help right this wrong.

#justiceforipps Thank you Lord Moylan for keeping this IPP crisis in the spotlight and pushing for change

Michael J. Matt British Peers Lord Moylan quoted in unherd.com/2024/04/the-sc…

Lord Moylan House of Lords YouTube The demeanour of the minister would suggest he may have little confidence in the validity of his own mumbo jumbo. Time a systematic review of these inhumane sentences became a top priority.

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has some very ill-thought out features, including for Right to Manage companies. My speech in House of Lords today:

House of Lords 29 04 24 17 53 01 youtu.be/uljA9GsIVyA?si… via YouTube

It’s a serious question whether someone who believes the same doctors and nurses who are charged with healing people should also be allowed to kill them should ever have been in charge of the NHS.

Peter Hitchens ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I saw a similar trick by Blair and his team in 2002. I was protesting with around 100 fellow striking firefighters outside a meeting of the Labour NEC. We were all stood by the front door, amid a media scrum, waiting for Blair to emerge. One of Blair's people - clearly worried…

In House of Lords today I asked about the number of women serving an IPP sentence who had never been released - also about those who had committed their offence when under 18:

House of Lords 29 04 24 15 07 23 youtu.be/2pBK5ArSotQ?si… via YouTube

I think the Anglo side of Anglo-Irish relations is in quite a good space tonight, actually.

Important thread. Please read.