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Third Report - IPP sentences

Justice Committee HC 266 Published 28 September 2022
Report Status
Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations
22 items (15 recs)
Government Response
AI assessment · 22 of 22 classified
Accepted 9
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 3
Rejected 7
Government response
Ninth Special Report - IPP sentences: Government and Parole Board Responses to the Committee’s Third Report · published 9 Feb 2023
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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
19 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Para 153

Prevent indefinite imprisonment of offenders due to lack of community resources

Recommendation
Concerns about available community resource for released offenders are valid and need to be taken into consideration. However, the lack of such resource is not a suitable reason for keeping people imprisoned indefinitely. We reiterate the words of our predecessor … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government partially accepts, disagreeing that recalls are unnecessary due to resource lack but committing to an independent inspection of recall culture. They also state that policy will imminently change to offer more flexible electronic monitoring for curfews for indeterminate prisoners, and alcohol monitoring is already available for licence variation.
Ministry of Justice
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