Over 1,800 offenders to have indefinite jail sentences terminated, says MoJ

Imprisonment for public protection sentences will now have an end date under changes in England and Wales

• It's bittersweet': MoJ sentencing changes will bring freedom for some

More than 1,800 offenders in England and Wales who have been released on licence but remain under indefinite threat of recall to jail are to have their sentences terminated.

Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences, which were imposed on 8,711 people, were abolished in 2012 but not retrospectively, leaving people languishing in prison, often for minor offences, and have been described as the greatest single stain on the justice system".