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- Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the UK will end Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences before this parliament ends.
- Justice Secretary Alex Norris said legislation to abolish IPP will be tabled by the end of this parliament.
- The United Nations called indefinite IPP detention psychological torture and a human-rights violation.
- Around 2,300 prisoners remain on IPP, with the MoJ reporting 2,271 as of 30 June.