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IPP Prisoners - We are hereby requesting that the Secretary of State for Justice to exercise their power to change the release test

Submitted on Thursday 27th March 2014

Published on Thursday 27th March 2014

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 27th March 2015

Signatures: 111

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IPP Prisoners - We are hereby requesting that the Secretary of State for Justice to exercise their power to change the release test

Additional Information

The Criminal Justice Act (CJA) 2003 introduced the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). Under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 the IPP was abolished. The government confirmed the situation as unsatisfactory and more recently Mr. David Blunkett stated that the Labour Government “got the implementation wrong”. However, to date nothing has been implemented for those prisoners who are already serving this sentence. If changes are not made it will take 9 years to clear the backlog of those already beyond their minimum term. We demand an effective system in place that works. We are hereby requesting that the Secretary of State for Justice to exercise their power to change the release test under Section 128 of the LASPO Act.


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