The shocking #IPPscandal is one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century THIS FRIDAY Lord Woodley’s Bill for the resentencing of IPP prisoners - which will end the scandal & which I’m supporting - gets its 2nd reading. Will government support it? youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?... - ThreadSky

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peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 114 days ago

The shocking #IPPscandal is one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century

THIS FRIDAY Lord Woodley’s Bill for the resentencing of IPP prisoners - which will end the scandal & which I’m supporting - gets its 2nd reading. Will government support it?

https://youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?si=tBPCZac4_Hh3xf8V

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bigtruth.bsky.social•114 days ago

This is Great Britain, 12 years SO FAR for stealing a phone. The architect of this crime should be put in jail instead but instead he was given a Knighthood.

mjv68.bsky.social•114 days ago

I think David Blunkett said "devising 99-year prison sentences is his ‘biggest regret’"

manuela-postx.bsky.social•114 days ago

Labour started this aberration they must now end it. A dark stain on the history of this country

lareyne.bsky.social•114 days ago

I should think some sort of compensation would be in order, but it probably won't happen.

gudbuytjane.bsky.social•114 days ago

How does this injustice still exist after IPP sentencing was abolished in 2011?

garethd.bsky.social•114 days ago

It was a huge mistake - both the original law and the amendment. This should be a 3 line whip to support the new Bill.

marie-kate2.bsky.social•114 days ago

Great to see you here Peter 😁

ivorbolakov.bsky.social•114 days ago

It mirrors the US in some respects where someone did spend decades in prison for an unpaid parking ticket.

I thought it was a joke too until I watched the case review

ivorbolakov.bsky.social•114 days ago

Many examples are online

https://www.startribune.com/in-jail-for-being-in-debt/95692619

mortie42.bsky.social•114 days ago

Sounds like just the kin
d of crimes, convicts got deported to Australia for, to serve sentences of 7 years of slavery

rvee4.bsky.social•114 days ago

I really hope they’ll support it. It’s incredible it hasn’t been done before now. So cruel.

welshred.bsky.social•114 days ago

Hope so!

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