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'The disappeared': prisoners on indeterminate sentences | Sophie Barnes

PUBLISHED September 18, 2012
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The European court of human rights has ruled that indeterminate prison sentences (IPPs) breached prisoner's human rights. There are over 6,000 IPP prisoners in England and Wales currently without a release date, leading a senior high court judge to describe them as "the disappeared". 3,500 of these prisoners have already served their time but have no idea when they will leave prison.

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