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Burnham Orders Review of IPP, DPP Sentences for Youth

8/10/2026

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a review of IPP and DPP sentences.
Dame Vera Baird, Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) chair, called the sentences a ‘terrible miscarriage of justice’ and urged resentencing.
Over 2,700 under-25s—1,495 under-21s, 17 children under 14 and a 10-year-old—were jailed without a release date under IPP.
Almost 2,400 IPP/DPP prisoners remain, with some serving up to 22 times their minimum term and 96 died by suicide.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a review of IPP and DPP sentences.
Dame Vera Baird, Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) chair, called the sentences a ‘terrible miscarriage of justice’ and urged resentencing.
Over 2,700 under-25s—1,495 under-21s, 17 children under 14 and a 10-year-old—were jailed without a release date under IPP.
Almost 2,400 IPP/DPP prisoners remain, with some serving up to 22 times their minimum term and 96 died by suicide.