“Two Men Serving Indefinite IPP Sentences Freed After Two Decades in Landmark Ruling” — what this page in the network covers. Luke Ings and Liam Bennett, each jailed for public protection with minimum terms of two years or less, have been freed after spending about two decades behind bars. A high court judge and a magistrate, acting after a Criminal Cases Review Commission review, also replaced the indeterminate sentence of a third man, James Ward, who was released in August. The rulings highlight the long-running controversy over IPP sentences, which were abolished in 2012 but left thousands of prisoners with no fixed release date.
Campaigners argue the system trapped people for minor offenses, and the CCRC's involvement signals growing legal pressure to correct excessive sentences. This case underscores the human cost of indeterminate detention and may encourage further reviews for the roughly 1,200 IPP prisoners still incarcerated. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.