‘Defending the indefensible’: Government ‘will have blood on hands’ over IPP sentence

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More prisoners will take their own lives without action to help those trapped on IPP jail terms, a former top judge has warned, after The Independent called for sentences to be reviewed

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Britain’s former top judge has warned ministers will have blood on their hands if they refuse to take action to help prisoners trapped on abolished indefinite jail terms.

‘Defending the indefensible’: Government ‘will have blood on hands’ over IPP sentence

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