‘He’s done his sentence now at least 8 times over, it’s just time to let him go’ Alana Bell speaks to Trapped about her brother Wayne, who’s been in prison for 17 years for stealing a bike. #IPPScandal 🔗 podfollow.com/1689277181

Labour won a strong majority in 2005 on 35% of the vote too so there's probably nothing to worry about, everyone.

Interesting I wonder if the shepherd will have a dog with them

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People still banging on about vote share/percentages by this point can't be taken seriously. There are numerous ongoing crises harming actual PEOPLE. Windrush Scandal Prison and probation crises Homelessness 2 Child cap/Growing child poverty Criminalising protest FOCUS

Omg that is exactly how I walk up stairs

APPEAL joins calls to address the brutal injustice caused indeterminate IPP sentences. Read the joint letter, which is being hand delivered to Shabana Mahmood MP and the Ministry of Justice today 👇 bit.ly/IPPSentences #ippreform bit.ly/IPPSentences

We have joined more than 70 campaigners, trade unionists, activists, lawyers and civil society representatives, to call for urgent action on IPP reform. crimeandjustice.org.uk/news/2024-07-1… UNGRIPP IPP COMMITTEE IN ACTION JENGbA Prison Reform Trust Centre for Crime and Justice Studies #JusticeForIPPs

A desperate father who has languished in jail for 12 years under an indefinite jail term imposed after he stole a mobile phone set himself on fire in prison last month. His family believe he acted in despair as he loses hope of ever being freed #IPPscandal independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

"IPP sentences are a problem created by Parliament, which can only be solved by Parliament... We urge the new Government to work at pace to resolve this injustice." Read today’s joint letter, signed by JUSTICE, sent to Shabana Mahmood MP: bit.ly/3LlAVwC #IPPreform

Why should you care about people serving IPP sentences? Here's a 🧵 on the #IPPscandal and the urgent need for #IPPreform. Alana Bell spoke to Trapped about her brother Wayne, who’s been in prison for 17 years for getting in a fight with another teenager & stealing their bike.

There’ll be noise tomorrow about the prison capacity crisis. But the people who should be released first - the people who should have been released *yesterday* - are those subject to cruel IPP sentences. Long abolished. A stain introduced by Labour. It’s time to right a wrong.

Joint letter calls for IPP reform. More than 70 campaigners, trade unionists, activists, lawyers and civil society representatives are calling today for urgent action on IPP reform. crimeandjustice.org.uk/news/2024-07-1… #IPPreform #IPP

A mother goes to the GP worried about son’s birthmark known as blue spot which is common among BAME She gets referred to hospital where staff call police & she is arrested Dermatologist confirms it’s a birthmark not bruises NHS says ‘sorry’ & ‘protocols have to be followed’

Overcrowding in prisons will "force" the government to change the way it deals with prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, ex-home secretary David Blunkett has said. #IPPscandal #IPPreform bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

.Samantha Asumadu spoke to an IPP serving prisoner, and he wanted to know why tax payers are being asked to pay for a sentence that was abolished in 2012. Shabana Mahmood MP James Timpson "How can that be justified?" #IPPscandal #IPPreform 🎧 pod.fo/e/20b739

Sentences are significantly longer than they were 25 years ago for the same crimes. So the law and order types who love to opine about the good old days can be happy that with a 40% release date, prisoners will still have served what they would have 25 years ago ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Watch this and wait for Bobby Robson’s voiceover to come in. I’m not a Barca fan but fucking hell