‘Do the right thing’: Pressure mounts on government to resentence prisoners with indefinite terms

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Former chairman of the justice committee Sir Bob Neill called for Starmer to have the ‘courage’ to resentence IPP prisoners In a strongly worded statement, Sir Bob, who stood down as a Conservative MP before the general election, called for the new government under Sir Keir Starmer to “do the right thing” before more lives are lost. Those are hard facts you can’t get away from.” Shirley De Bono, whose son Shaun Lloyd was handed an IPP sentence for stealing a mobile phone, said the decision of then-justice secretary Dominic Raab to reject resentencing proposals was devastating for inmates and their families who had so much hope. “I urge this Labour government – you created this sentence, now it’s time to get rid of it altogether.” IPP prisoner Thomas White has served 12 years for stealing a mobile phone. “I am distraught and I find it really difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that it’s legal for these deaths to continue.” IPP prisoner Yusuf Ali, now 50, has been driven to hunger strike as he loses hope of ever being freed Mother Jacqueline Ali warned time is running out for her son Yusuf, 50, who previously went on hunger strike for 60 days as he struggles under an IPP sentence.