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Third Report - IPP sentences
Justice Committee
HC 266
Published 28 September 2022
Recommendations
19
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 …
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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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