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UNGRIPP
Feb 9, 20236 min read
Raab fails to deliver justice on IPP – a cowardly, and ineffectual act.
The decision comes just days after statistics show everything is moving in the wrong direction. Today, the Government’s response to the...
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UNGRIPP
Dec 3, 20229 min read
Today marks ten years since the IPP sentence was abolished.
UNGRIPP marks the date on behalf of people affected by IPP, charts the failures of the last decade, and what must happen next. Today...
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UNGRIPP
Dec 2, 20224 min read
UNGRIPP supports new legal challenge to overturn IPP sentences
“Mercy: Compassionate treatment or attitude towards an offender, who is in one’s power or care.” Collins English Dictionary Today, on the...
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UNGRIPP
Sep 28, 20223 min read
The Justice Select Committee IPP Inquiry: Summary of Recommendations
The Justice Select Committee has published its inquiry report today. We know how anxiously those serving the sentence and their families...
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UNGRIPP
Jul 28, 20225 min read
Independent Commission recommends ending the injustice of IPP – This condemned sentence must now go.
In June 2022, the Independent Commission into the Experiences of Victims and Long-Term Prisoners (ICEVLP) published its report. The...
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UNGRIPP
Jul 1, 20226 min read
IPP Licence Reviews - Update on Probation Responses
Section 38 of the new PCSC Act states that people serving an IPP sentence must be automatically referred for a review of their licence 10...
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UNGRIPP
Dec 3, 20214 min read
Our submission to the parliamentary inquiry on the IPP sentence: End indeterminacy. Restore justice.
On the 9th anniversary of the IPP sentence’s abolition, we have published our submission to the Justice Select Committee IPP inquiry....
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UNGRIPP
Nov 22, 20218 min read
The IPP Sentence and the Police Crime and Sentencing Bill – What is happening and how can you help?
The Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill is a proposed new set of laws (and change of existing laws) to manage crime. In this post we...
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UNGRIPP
Sep 30, 20216 min read
The Justice Select Committee Inquiry into the IPP Sentence: A Guide to Responding
The Justice Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the IPP sentence. We are working to help people affected by the sentence to...
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UNGRIPP
Feb 20, 20213 min read
A window of opportunity - let your MP know you want them to act at the next Sentencing Bill.
Abolishing the IPP sentence retrospectively will require legislative changes. Such changes occur when a new Act of Parliament is passed,...
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UNGRIPP
Jan 11, 20213 min read
Want to have your say about the IPP sentence? Help UNGRIPP respond to a new commission.
UNGRIPP is inviting people serving an IPP sentence, and their loved ones, to come together to contribute to the Independent Commission...
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UNGRIPP
Jan 9, 20211 min read
Free Legal Q&A Session on the IPP Sentence
UNGRIPP are delighted to announce that solicitor Dean Kingham will be available to answer questions from people serving an IPP sentence,...
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UNGRIPP
Nov 29, 202012 min read
It’s been eight years since the IPP sentence was abolished – so why is it still here?
Most people in this country think that we only give out life sentences for the most serious crimes. But between 2005 and 2013, 8,711...
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