Why did ministers, civil servants and lawyers tolerate the inhumanity of IPP jail terms for so long?

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Assuming there’s no inquiry into how this regime was allowed to continue despite known flaws, there needs now to be at least some accountability on the part of those concerned: the ministers, civil servants, lawyers. There must now be some accountability from those who allowed the injustice of IPP jail terms Editorial : Prisoners trapped on indefinite sentences have been treated beyond disgracefully.

There must now be some accountability from those who allowed the injustice of IPP jail terms At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. These two developments are related because space needs to be found in our creaking jails and low-risk “indefinite public protection” ( IPP ) prisoners are an obvious answer.

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There must now be some accountability from those who allowed the injustice of IPP jail terms Editorial : Prisoners trapped on indefinite sentences have been treated beyond disgracefully.
There must now be some accountability from those who allowed the injustice of IPP jail terms At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
These two developments are related because space needs to be found in our creaking jails and low-risk “indefinite public protection” ( IPP ) prisoners are an obvious answer.
Assuming there’s no inquiry into how this regime was allowed to continue despite known flaws, there needs now to be at least some accountability on the part of those concerned: the ministers, civil servants, lawyers.

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