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Lord Carter of Haslemere (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 September 2026

Debate

IPP Prisoners: Recall System

Contribution

My Lords, when an IPP prisoner is recalled to prison, they usually spend at least two years or more in prison—so it is effectively a resentencing exercise, but by a probation officer, not a judge. Should they not at least have been charged with an offence by a police officer, rather than merely exhibiting behaviour which, in the view of a probation officer, might lead to an offence?

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