Trapped: The IPP Prisoner Scandal

10. What Does Hope Look Like?


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The IPP sentence has created a sense of hopelessness amongst prisoners, leading to poor mental health, self-harm and numerous suicides, so we are asking ‘what does hope look like’ for IPP serving prisoners?

 

Sam asks this question to some of the many people who are campaigning to bring an end to this grievous injustice: including Andrea Coomber, from the Howard League for Penal Reform; Richard Garside from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies; Simon Hattenstone from the Guardian and Elisabeth Davies from the Independent Monitoring Boards. We also hear from Frank, an IPP serving prisoner, who has been inside for 15 years and counting, on a two-and-a-half-year tariff. 

 

Contributors in order of appearance:


Frank, IPP serving prisoner


Lord David Blunkett


Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive, The Howard League for Penal Reform


Hank Rossi, campaigner and activist


Simon Hattenstone, Journalist, The Guardian


Richard Garside, Director of Centre for Crime and Justice Studies


Elizabeth Davies, National Chair of the Independent Monitoring Boards


Lorna Hackett, Barrister at Hackett and Dabbs LLP and a tenant at Millennium Chambers


Alexander Horne, Barrister and visiting Professor at Durham University


Voices in Archive:


Edward Argar MP, Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation


Sir Bob Neil MP, Chair of the Justice Select Committee


Kevin Brennan MP, Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing


John Mcdonnell MP


Dr Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture


Production Credits:


Reporter: Samantha Asumadu @SamanthaAsumadu


Executive Producer: Melissa FitzGerald @melissafitzg


Producer: Steve Langridge @SMLANGERS


Consultant: Hank Rossi


An Ear Worm Production for the Institute of Now


Get involved:


➕ Follow Trapped on X, TikTok, Facebook or Instagram @Trapped_Pod 


🔎 Search #IPPScandal for more stories.

 

🗣️ Read more about the IPP campaign: UNGRIPP | www.ungripp.com@UNGRIPP | IPP Committee In Action @ActionIpp | injustice_of_ipp

 

✔️ Like, follow and share this podcast to get people listening: knowledge is power and the more who know, the harder it is for injustice to take place. 


✍️ Write to your MP and ask them to raise questions about IPPs in Parliament


⬇️ Download the Trapped series episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com


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Trapped: The IPP Prisoner ScandalBy The Institute of Now