UK government rejects call to resentence prisoners detained indefinitely

Almost 3,000 people remain behind bars in England and Wales under imprisonment for public protection' scheme abolished in 2012

The UK government has rejected a call for prisoners detained indefinitely to be resentenced, in a move criticised as a missed opportunity to right a wrong" by the chair of the justice committee.

A report by the cross-party justice committee, published last year, said people stuck in prison under the now abolished imprisonment for public protection (IPP) scheme should be resentenced.