'Psychological torture': The row over never-ending prison sentences
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The no-maximum prison sentences, some of which were given to offenders of low-level crimes, have been compared to ‘psychological torture’.
On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson speaks to Anthony Hipkiss who was in prison for 16 years despite only being sentenced to 15 months. He tells us how the strict licensing rules he has to live under for 10 years means he can’t even stay overnight at his partner’s. Plus, Ian Acheson, former prison governor speaks about how to fix a system of justice that keeps people indefinitely – even when they’re not a threat to society.
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| 1:24.3 | we are talking prisoners, and very specifically, IPP prisoners. |
| 1:29.0 | IPP, well, that stands for imprisonment for public protection. |
| 1:33.2 | Under an IPP sentence, a prisoner would serve a tariff set by the judge, |
| 1:37.1 | but would only be released after that time has been served if a parole board approved it. |
| 1:42.3 | So, in essence, some prisoners are being held indefinitely, |
| 1:45.6 | despite having served the tariff set by the court. |
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