Quakers lobby MPs on prison sentences

‘The strain on both prisoners and their families is intolerable.’

by Rebecca Hardy 12th May 2023

Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) and Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) briefed MPs ahead of a debate on indeterminate sentences last week. The debate on 27 April followed a conclusion last September from the UK parliament’s Justice Committee that Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences (IPPs) caused profound psychological harm and mental torture. All remaining IPP prisoners should be re-sentenced, they said.