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Why are some prisoners still serving banned indeterminate prison sentences?
We talk to Mark Day, the Deputy Director at the Prison Reform Trust, and its representative on the Ministry of Justice’s IPP External Stakeholder Challenge Group.
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Indeterminate prison sentences – when 18 months can last 18 years
The UN rapporteur for torture has told this programme that Indeterminate prison terms, or IPP Sentences, which were handed down by UK judges up until 11 years ago are an “egregious miscarriage of justice”.
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Questions about NHS role in Letby murders not answered, says solicitor representing victim families
We spoke to solicitor Tamlin Bolton, who’s been representing parents of several of Letby’s victims.
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Lucy Letby: NHS Trust management in charge should face criminal charges, says former MP
Earlier we spoke to Antoinette Sandbach, the former MP for Eddisbury, who in 2009, well before Lucy Letby worked there, herself suffered the loss of a baby at the Countess of Chester hospital.
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Lucy Letby given whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies
The cruelty and calculation of her crimes were “truly horrific”, the judge at Manchester Crown Court declared today as he sentenced Lucy Letby to a whole-life term in jail for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others.
