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In England and Wales, the imprisonment for public protection (IPP; Welsh: carcharu er mwyn diogelu'r cyhoedd) [1] sentence was a form of indeterminate sentence introduced by section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (with effect from 2005) by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and abolished in 2012. It was intended to protect the public ...
These include discretionary conditional release (DCR) prisoners serving more than 4 years whose offence was committed before 4 April 2005, prisoners given extended sentences for public protection (EPP) for offences committed on or after 4 April 2005, and prisoners serving standard determinate sentences who have been recalled to prison after being released on licence.
The one called "preventive detention" is an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment. The other is called a "public protection order" and is a civil detention. "Preventive detention" is an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment, similar to life imprisonment and second only to it in terms of seriousness.
Because he is being sentenced for multiple felony offenses, city prosecutors said they are asking for extended sentencing in order to protect the public. That means the sentence of life ...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 introduced new mandatory life sentences and created a new kind of life sentence, called "imprisonment for public protection" which could be imposed even for offences which would otherwise carry a maximum sentence of ten years.
A 78-year-old climate protester has had her prison sentence extended by 20 days for being "unlawfully at large", after the authorities failed to find a tracking bracelet that fitted her.
Imprisonment for public protection was a form of indefinite sentence that was used in England and Wales from 2005 until 2012, in addition to the traditional life sentence. [8] The imprisonment for public protection sentence was abolished in 2012, but offenders already serving that sentence remained in prison. [9]
The Parole Boards in the UK are only involved in the release of prisoners with specific sentences. Indeterminate sentences (life imprisonment and imprisonment for public protection) are always handled by the Parole Board because they have no fixed release date. Some determinate or "fixed" sentences, such as extended determinate sentences, are ...