Britain's Invisible Prisoners: The Shameful Legacy of Indefinite Detention The United Nations' Human Rights Council has delivered a scathing verdict on the UK government's handling of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms, condemning them as "arbitrary" and tantamount to "psychological torture.
" This is not merely a critique of a particular policy or practice; it's an indictment of Britain's systemic failure to acknowledge and address the human cost of its justice system.
The story of IPP prisoners is one of Kafkaesque proportions.