The IPP sentence has created a sense of hopelessness amongst prisoners, leading to poor mental health, self-harm and numerous suicides, so we are ending this series by asking ‘what does hope look like’ for IPP serving prisoners?
Sam asks this question to some of the many people who are campaigning to bring an end to this grievous injustice: including Andrea Coomber, from the Howard League for Penal Reform; Richard Garside from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies; Simon Hattenstone from the Guardian and Elisabeth Davies from the Independent Monitoring Boards. We also hear from Frank, an IPP serving prisoner, who has been inside for 15 years and counting, on a two-and-a-half-year tariff.
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Contributors in order of appearance:
Frank, IPP serving prisoner
Lord David Blunkett
Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive, The Howard League for Penal Reform
Hank Rossi, campaigner and activist
Simon Hattenstone, Journalist, The Guardian
Richard Garside, Director of Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Elizabeth Davies, National Chair of the Independent Monitoring Boards
Lorna Hackett, Barrister at Hackett and Dabbs LLP and a tenant at Millennium Chambers
Alexander Horne, Barrister and visiting Professor at Durham University
Voices in Archive:
Edward Argar MP, Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation
Sir Bob Neil MP, Chair of the Justice Select Committee
Kevin Brennan MP, Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing
John Mcdonnell MP
Dr Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Credits:
Reporter: Samantha Asumadu @SamanthaAsumadu
Executive Producer: Melissa FitzGerald @melissafitzg
Producer: Steve Langridge @SMLANGERS
Consultant: Hank Rossi
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