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How a 2.5 year prison sentence could mean life behind bars

Inmates serving under IPP - Imprisonment for Public Protection - have no release date

More than 3000 people are still serving indeterminate prison sentences in England and Wales with no release date, even though IPPs - Imprisonment for Public Protection - were abolished five years ago.

Dame Glenys Stacey tells Mishal Husain: "The Government is urgently looking at what to do about this, they need to consider the license arrangements for these people."

She adds: "A good number of them have been convicted for extremely serious offences...and it does mean they do pose a risk when they are released."

(Image: Prison Cell Credit: Getty Images)

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