27 April 2025 JUSTICE and 20 other organisations and individuals have written to the Justice Secretary raising serious concerns about the Sentencing Guidelines Bill. The Bill would prevent the Sentencing Council from giving judges advice on taking personal characteristics such as pregnancy into account when deciding whether to order a report from the probation service to […]
Mental health, human rights & criminal justice bodies unite for reforms to address the “stain” of the IPP sentence
February 26, 2024
An influential cross-sector coalition of mental health bodies, human rights charities and criminal justice organisations have joined forces to call for reforms to address the ongoing injustice of the IPP sentence – described by the former Supreme Court Justice Lord Brown as “the greatest single stain on our criminal justice system”. Members of the coalition […]