Indeterminate Sentences (IPP)

 

Somewhat horrified to find that this kind of injustice is happening in our own country. Surely it's common sense to realize that leaving people in the prison indefinitely not for their crime but because the paperwork cannot be processed fast enough or the "behaviour management courses" only have limited seats is completely unacceptable. 

And many of these are young adults too. Sending them to prison to mingle with other "more experienced" criminals is bad enough; telling them that they will be in prison indefinitely is simply ending all hope in those that we are trying to rehabilitate.

 

The worst part is that now that we know it's wrong and not working, and there is unjust and unnecessary suffering in the prison system, the existing cases will have two choices - continue their suffering beyond their crime and wait for their turn to be processed in a few years, or kill themselves. The system cannot put in more resources to correct its failings immediately. I hope all those 6000 or so cases are all serial killers and murderers, because it doesn't seem appropriate to issues these life-ending punishments to 18 year olds for assault and attempted robbery.