Are ‘inhumane’ sentences fuelling the prison crisis? Readers weigh in

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A general view of HMP Wandsworth on August 05, 2026 in London, England. Barbed wire.
Readers discuss the overhwlem of UK prisons, the idea of using navy ships to stop small boat crossings and seagulls (Picture: Getty Images)

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Set free those serving 'totalitarian and vindictive IPP sentences', says reader

Rather than freeing cop killers and domestic violence abusers on early release (MetroTalk, passim), one way to reduce prison overcrowding is to set free all those still rotting in jail under the totalitarian and vindictive IPP sentences....

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