tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post8737313114509563789..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Human Rights ~ Indeterminate Sentences for Public ProtectionObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-62779537526202529122012-10-01T11:01:52.029+01:002012-10-01T11:01:52.029+01:00Those poor IPP prisoners, of whom it was found as ...Those poor IPP prisoners, of whom it was found as a matter of FACT in the sentencing stage of their criminal trials, having been convicted of serious offences, that per s225(1)(b) "the court [was] of the opinion that there [was] a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm occasioned by the commission by him of further specified offences."<br /><br />Let us cry ourselves to sleep for them, and pray / agitate for their swift release.Ed (not Bystander)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-59455072943820483702012-10-01T10:17:15.182+01:002012-10-01T10:17:15.182+01:00IPP.There are
over 6,000 people in prison who argu...IPP.There are<br />over 6,000 people in prison who arguably shouldn’t be there and have no release date. A senior high court judge describes them as ‘the disappeared’,<br /><br />Legislation has been passed to abolish the IPP sentence and has done so. But has done nothing about the thousands of prisoners already serving the sentence and who are completely unaffected by the recent legislation. This lack of action has resulted in no progress being made towards dealing with the thousands of IPP prisoners long overdue for release some by 5 10 years and who have no idea when or indeed if – they will ever be freed. This is a crime against humanity. We are talking about people here who have paid for their crime who have finished there sentence who want to return home to their family’s build their life’s back up. Apart from the IPP prisoners themselves, the real losers are their family and friends who are often left struggling to understand the realities of an IPP sentence often at a loss as to what to do about the nightmare situation in which they find themselves. katherine Gleesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085291495683268093noreply@blogger.com