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Prisoner describes ‘torture’ of indefinite prison sentence as public bid for parole

The first IPP prisoner to publicly announce his request for parole revealed how every day of a sentence without a release date is “torture”. Controversial imprisonment sentences (IPP) for public protection were abolished in 2012 due to human rights concerns, but this was not done retroactively and thousands of people were left to languish in… Read More »