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UN finding on five IPP prisoners' detention
DevelopingNext check : A UK response and any steps toward the independent investigation urged by the Working Group.
Where it stands
The UN Working Group found that five prisoners in England and Wales are being held unlawfully and condemned IPP sentences as psychological torture. It urged the UK government to launch a full independent investigation; the report gives no update on a government response or whether that investigation has begun.
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The story so far
UN Condemns UK IPP Sentences as Torture, Declares Five Prisoners Unlawfully Detained
In its first ruling on IPP, the UN finds five men unlawfully held with no basis for detention after tariff and demands an independent inquiry into a sentence that still holds almost 2,400.
Still open after this report
- No confirmed government timetable for review, re-sentencing or release of the wider IPP cohort.
- No verified total for deaths and exact remaining population beyond almost 2,400 cited in reporting.
History
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Who's involved
People
Alex NorrisBritish politician (born 1984)1 report
Places
- Royal Courts of JusticeStrand, London WC2A 2LL, UK1 report
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom1 report
Every outlet we read on this story
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The Independentindependent.co.uk3
- UN condemns ‘arbitrary’ detention of UK prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms as ‘psychological torture’
- Government facing legal action after UN rules prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms are being unlawfully detained
- Britain is ‘perpetuating serious human rights violations’ by failing to end indefinite jail terms, UN warns
solicitorsjournal.com1
thelegalbrief.co.uk1