UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to end the controversial Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, saying people will no longer remain trapped indefinitely under a punishment abolished more than a decade ago, The Guardian reported.

The Independent has long campaigned for thousands of IPP prisoners who are jailed without hope

Amy-Clare Martin has spent the past three years spearheading a campaign by The Independent to end IPP sentences, interviewing dozens of prisoners, families and experts in the…