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The Government's failure to tackle the backlog of prisoners left in limbo as a result of indeterminate jail sentences has been labelled a 'disgrace' , as critics warn it is creating an 'unnecessary ...

Indeterminate sentences are a key element of the prison system. But they are both complex and controversial, but how do such sentences work? What does indeterminate sentencing mean? The power came in ...