It is actually starker than my hon. Friend sets out. One IPP sentence was given with a tariff of 28 days, so hypothetically somebody who received a 28-day tariff could spend 50 years in prison. Even in the worst banana republic, that would sound extraordinary, but that is actually what this sentence is about. We are going to keep people locked up indefinitely, even though in any other circumstances they would be released. Will my hon. Friend touch on that? I do not have the words to describe it, but I agree wholeheartedly with him.
Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences
Proceeding contribution from
James Daly
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 27 April 2023.
It occurred during Backbench debate
and
Debates on select committee report on Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences.
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