Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences Debate

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Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences

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Airports: London
Tuesday 11th October 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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I am obliged to my noble friend. The significant majority of IPP prisoners will actually never reach the point of serving more than the statutory maximum penalty because the very large majority have already been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Baroness Corston Portrait Baroness Corston (Lab)
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The Minister referred to a number of prisoners who qualified for release. How many of them have been released?

Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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In the past year, 512 have been released into open conditions.

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