I have witnessed a cloud hanging over many, especially when redemption, or the act of repaying the value of something lost, relates to acceptance and society’s opinion of you
@newthinking_mag
@fmspear
@paulwrblanchard
The outpouring of public support generated by
@PeterStefanovi2
video adds further pressure on Keir Starmers Labour to step up and act by backing the amendments tabled by Lord Moylan that are supported by Lib Dem and Green Party peers.
This film has been watched 3M times.
@AlexChalkChelt
cannot ignore those in prison on an IPP sentence way over tariff. Write to your MP encourage them to accept the ammendment in the Victims and Prisoners Bill for resentencing all IPPs
@neill_bob
@CommonsJustice
@PeterStefanovi2
THIS IS SHOCKING
Imagine a country where a man has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat or imprisoned for 11 yrs for stealing a mobile phone - sentences described by the UN as egregious miscarriages of justice
it’s unthinkable & it’s happening in this country NOW
Voting on the amendments will take place in the coming week. If Labour vote for them this is finally a real opportunity to put right an egregious miscarriage of justice.
@PeterStefanovi2
@UNGRIPP
@ActionIpp
@Trapped_Pod
This video has been viewed 7.4M times. The overwhelming support from the public to end this sentence cannot be ignored. The Government will only be held to account if the public makes its views known. Please sign & share the petition below
@PeterStefanovi2
Now at 7.4 million views
@AlexChalkChelt
The public reaction is shock, outrage & disbelief
It’s time to do what’s right & implement the Justice Committee’s recommendation that all people subject to IPP sentences should be resentenced
Let’s end this stain on our justice system
Wow
"Dear Faith, this is to advise you that The Prisons Handbook 2018, published 1st May 2018 with a foreword by the SoSJ David Gauke MP is dedicated to you.
It marks your resilient spirit, your courage in speaking out and your passion for prison monitoring. Well done!
Mark"
This short video Peter Stefanovic put out on social media (X) has been viewed over 1.8M times. This is astonishing and shows the public reaction of shock, outrage, and disbelief.
@PeterStefanovi2
The IPP sentence is breaking people, and the overwhelming support from the public to end this sentence cannot be ignored. The Government will only be held to account if the public makes its views known.
@ShabanaMahmood
As his video hits 15M views, campaigning Lawyer
@PeterStefanovi2
calls on Political Leaders to find their courage: “Political leaders from both main parties must find the courage to step up and address the tragic injustice of indefinite jail terms”
END THE “MONUMENTAL INJUSTICE” OF IPP SENTENCES
“The new government must now honour the commitment it made in opposition and work at pace to end this cruel, inhumane, degrading and most monumental of injustices”
@PeterStefanovi2
via
@fmspear
"If Labour step up next week & back the amendments supported in the Lords by both Lib Dem & Green Party peers we can end this tragedy now. It’s time to do what we all know is right before more lives are tragically lost”
@PeterStefanovi2
Society puts people in prison and expects them to reintegrate after their sentence and not reoffend. But recidivism is high because often the root cause of offending is not addressed.
Labour started this IPP sentence and now they should finish it. There is no excuse for this miscarriage of justice to continue. The facts are out there to be seen.
@ShabanaMahmood
@JamesTCobbler
@PeterStefanovi2
These are typical of comments from the public now becoming aware of the
#IPPscandal
“Truly shocking”
“Absolutely horrifying”
“Unbelievable”
“Utterly awful”
“Madness”
“inconceivable”
“cruel”
Are you listening
@ShabanaMahmood
? Will you meet with me to explore a way forward?
Cc
A film posted online by social media campaigner
@PeterStefanovi2
a lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE has ignited a wider public storm on this tragic miscarriage of justice and has been viewed over 14 million times.
#IPP
Stefanovic is calling on political leaders from all parties “to find the courage to step up and address the tragic injustice of indefinite jail terms once and for all”
@PeterStefanovi2
via
@fmspear
As his video hits 15M views, campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
@PeterStefanovi2
calls on Political leaders to "find their courage to step up and address the tragic injustice of indefinite jail terms"
5.1M views, this film gives insight into the terrible
#IPP
sentence that has meant people are languishing in prison with no end date. Please sign and share the petition to force the government to rethink on resentencing.
Lets get it to 2000 or more tonight
THIS IS SHOCKING
Imagine a country where a man has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat or imprisoned for 11 yrs for stealing a mobile phone - sentences described by the UN as egregious miscarriages of justice
it’s unthinkable & it’s happening in this country NOW
Campaigning Lawyer & CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
@PeterStefanovi2
, has posted a new film backing a Private Members’ Bill by the Labour peer Lord Woodley – IPP (Resentencing) Bill. He is calling on the government to allow a free vote on the bill.
Many have lost hope & have taken their own lives.
The
#IPP
sentence is breaking people, & the overwhelming support from the public to end this sentence cannot be ignored. The Government will only be held to account if the public makes its views known.
This film has been viewed 5M times, thank you so much, now lets get this petition signed and send the government a message that resentencing is vital
@PeterStefanovi2
@neill_bob
THIS IS SHOCKING
Imagine a country where a man has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat or imprisoned for 11 yrs for stealing a mobile phone - sentences described by the UN as egregious miscarriages of justice
it’s unthinkable & it’s happening in this country NOW
Social media sensation
@PeterStefanovi2
a lawyer, campaigner & CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is creating a media storm with 3 films highlighting what he calls “one of the most shocking & monumental injustices of the past half century.
#IPP
Many have lost hope & have taken their own lives. The
#IPP
sentence is breaking people, & the overwhelming support from the public to end this sentence cannot be ignored. The Government will only be held to account if the public makes its views known.
Temporary change in the law announced to release prisoners after completing 40% of their sentence in prison. But for those on an IPP sentence will once again see others released whilst they continue to languish in prison.
@ShabanaMahmood
@PeterStefanovi2
This film has reached 4M views please keep the momentum going and write to your MP to support the ammendment. We need resentencing to happen
@PeterStefanovi2
THIS IS SHOCKING
Imagine a country where a man has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat or imprisoned for 11 yrs for stealing a mobile phone - sentences described by the UN as egregious miscarriages of justice
it’s unthinkable & it’s happening in this country NOW
As his video hits 15M views, campaigning Lawyer calls on Political Leaders to find their courage.
@PeterStefanovi2
“Political leaders from both main parties must find the courage to step up and address the tragic injustice of indefinite jail terms”
David Blunkett, the Labour home secretary who introduced the sentences, regrets them, stating “I got it wrong” and the UN rapporteur for torture has called IPP sentences an “egregious miscarriage of justice.”
The question now is whether Keir Starmers Labour party will step up for justice or will we have to wait for ITV to produce another compelling drama series like Mr Bates vs The Post Office?
@PeterStefanovi2
@ActionIpp
Stefanovic is calling on political leaders from all parties “to find the courage to step up and address the tragic injustice of indefinite jail terms once and for all”
@PeterStefanovi2
@Fox_Claire
@danielmgmoylan
The question now is whether Keir Starmers Labour party will step up for justice and do the right thing or will we have to wait for ITV to produce another compelling drama series like Mr Bates vs The Post Office?
@fmspear
@PeterStefanovi2
@UKLabour
How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours
"It takes 12 weeks in the UK to train a prison officer. In Norway it takes two to three years"
Excellent article, raises many questions about the system in England and Wales!
HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE
His film was mentioned by Baroness Jones, Lord Moylan and Baroness Fox in the House of Lords debate on March 12. Furthermore, Baroness Fox also cited The Criminal Justice Blog.
@PeterStefanovi2
via
@fmspear
Thought provoking article:
"As the culture war goes mainstream we shall soon see who has a stronger vision of the country: those who want to divide & rule, or those who want to celebrate & unite"
@Hardeep_Matharu
@peterjukes
@BylineTimes
Where is the accountability and why has the
@MoJGovUK
allowed so many prisons become squalid vermin infested warehouses?
This government continues to award those at the top with accolades for doing what?
Prisons make more problems than they solve
@PeterStefanovi2
(1/6) Over the past 12 months our Chief Inspector, Charlie Taylor, has invoked 5 urgent notifications for places of detention across the UK.
- HMP Bedford
- HMP Woodhill
- HMP Bristol
- HMYOI Cookham Wood
- HMP Exeter
Next Tuesday, 21st May, the House of Lords will vote on significant amendments to the Victims & Prisoners Bill, aimed at rectifying one of the most shocking injustices of the past half-century – IPP sentences.
@PeterStefanovi2
@Fox_Claire
@danielmgmoylan
Punishment in prisons was a physical punishment but now it has become a mental torture. Lack of purposeful activity has stripped many of any hope for the future. Short sightedness on behalf of the Government is bringing the whole prison estate to its knees
Hope for justice comes in the form of 2 amendments to be debated in
@UKHouseofLords
12th March
Let’s not wait for an ITV drama to do the right thing or sit by whilst more tragically lose their lives We must act now & URGENTLY
@Fox_Claire
@PeterStefanovi2
Imagine a country where a man has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat or imprisoned for 11 years for stealing a mobile phone...
Thank you to
@PeterStefanovi2
and
@Trapped_Pod
for continuing to highlight this injustice.
If Labour stand up for justice & join the growing cross bench alliance there's every chance the amendment will pass.
The Government might then accept it.
An egregious miscarriage of justice can finally end.
@LloydSewing
@UNGRIPP
@ActionIpp
@PeterStefanovi2
A momentus day ...... construction is complete and
@kierconstruct
have done a fantastic job building HMP Five Wells.
@G4S
are now responsible for final fit out of the buildings with the first prisoner due in February 2022.
If Labour stand up for justice and join the growing cross bench alliance there is every chance the amendment will pass. The Government might then accept it. An egregious miscarriage of justice can finally end.
@fmspear
@PeterStefanovi2
@UKLabour
Prison staff & prisoners across the country are producing surgical equipment for health workers fighting
#coronavirus
.
Eight
@hmpps
prisons are manufacturing over 20,000 scrubs, scrub bags, goggles & visors for
@MFTnhs
&
@sabpNHS
👏
More here 👇
⚡️
Stefanovic said:
"The public support for my film has been overwhelming and the comments it is getting are a testament to the public’s anger, outrage and disbelief at this tragic miscarriage of justice..."
@PeterStefanovi2
Shocking that 90 people serving sentences under the discredited IPP regime have sadly taken their own lives whilst in prison. In 2023 saw the 2nd year in a row of the highest number of self-inflicted deaths since it was introduced
@fmspear
@PeterStefanovi2
Remember to show your support on social media for those campaigning hard for the vital change in re-sentencing all those trapped within the IPP sentence.
@PeterStefanovi2
Remember to show your support on social media for those campaigning hard for the vital change in re-sentencing all those trapped within the
#IPP
sentence.
Thank you
TOGETHER we can end this injustice.
@PeterStefanovi2
An amendment to the Victims & Prisoners Bill, tabled
@neill_bob
to implement
@CommonsJustice
recommendation to re-sentence all IPP’s will be considered by the Government shortly. This must be supported by the majority of MPs
@PeterStefanovi2
"The UK, like any society with a strong rule of law, has measures to protect the community after prisoners are released. Locking people up and ‘throwing away the keys’ is not a legal or moral solution."
@DrAliceJEdwards
@PeterStefanovi2
@Haroon_Siddique
Q: If you were given the prisons and probation ministers role, what changes would you make?
A: I would scrap the titan prison building programme and instead invest in smaller local units, making families more accessible and start to break down the barriers between those in
"I cannot overstate the urgency on this – in June one person serving an IPP sentence – a staggering 12 years over tariff set himself alight, another began his second hunger strike..."
@PeterStefanovi2
@ShabanaMahmood
@JamesTCobbler
So many people think “well what can I do?”
Contact your MP in writing & ask them to support this amendment.
Watch the film.
@PeterStefanovi2
Listen to the Trapped podcasts
@Trapped_Pod
Inform those around you of this cruel & inhuman sentence.
So many people think “well what can I do?”
Contact your MP in writing and ask them to support this amendment.
Watch the film
@PeterStefanovi2
Listen to the Trapped podcasts
@Trapped_Pod
Inform those around you of this cruel and inhuman sentence.
"If Lord Woodley’s Bill becomes law, it will place
@ShabanaMahmood
under a legal obligation to ensure that all those serving an IPP sentence – whether in prison or in the community – are retrospectively given a determinate sentence"
@PeterStefanovi2
In November 2023, a video posted by
@PeterStefanovi2
& CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE highlighted the injustice of the IPP sentence. Just 2 months later it has reached 10 million views on social media.
That is extraordinary.
Lawyer & CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
@PeterStefanovi2
has ignited a wider public storm on this tragic miscarriage of justice through his video. It is not surprising that the public reaction to it has been one of shock, outrage, and disbelief.
“…however unpalatable it may be to some, the fact is prisoners are still people, and if we want them to have any respect for society when they get out we need to be mindful of their dignity as fellow human beings"
@TheErwinJames
@JamesTCobbler
3 FILMS HIGHLIGHTING “MONUMENTAL INJUSTICE” OF IPP SENTENCES APPROACHING 20 MILLION VIEWS
"We must now put a stop to this inhumane and indefensible treatment which has absolutely no place in a modern Britain..."
@PeterStefanovi2
via
@fmspear
3 FILMS HIGHLIGHTING “MONUMENTAL INJUSTICE” OF IPP SENTENCES APPROACHING 20 MILLION VIEWS
“The new government must honour the commitment made in opposition & work at pace to end this cruel, inhumane, degrading monumental of injustices”
@PeterStefanovi2
90 people serving sentences under the discredited IPP regime have sadly taken their own lives whilst in prison.
Let’s not sit by whilst more tragically lose their lives. We must act now & we must act URGENTLY.
@UNGRIPP
@PeterStefanovi2
@KevinBrennanMP
Successive Conservative Governments have kept these egregious miscarriages of justice out of the public eye. With your help we’ve sent this shocking film to 7.9 million views in a month
No one should spend 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat or be imprisoned for 11 yrs
THIS IS SHOCKING
Imagine a country where a man has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat or imprisoned for 11 yrs for stealing a mobile phone - sentences described by the UN as egregious miscarriages of justice
it’s unthinkable & it’s happening in this country NOW
“Political leaders from both main parties must find the courage to step up and address the tragic injustice of indefinite jail terms” says Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
@PeterStefanovi2
@danielmgmoylan
@Fox_Claire
We must all urge Labour to back the amendments tabled by Lord Moylan that are supported by Lib Dem and Green Party peers. With Labour support we can end this stain on our justice system, NOW.
@PeterStefanovi2
via
@fmspear
This film has now been viewed 4.6M times. Please sign and share this petition for resentencing: the government cannot ignore this if we get 100,000 signatures. So let's work together
HOPE FOR JUSTICE FOR IPP PRISONERS AS LABOUR LORDS BACK AMENDMENTS
Voting on the amendments take place in the coming weeks. If Labour vote for them this is a real opportunity to put right an egregious miscarriage of justice
@PeterStefanovi2
@Trapped_Pod
Prisons are not safe, not for prisoners and not for staff. If you don’t believe me then please do some research.
Overworked, underpaid and inexperienced staff working in difficult conditions.
Conditions deteriorate whilst the population increases.
Please sign and share.
The
#IPP
sentence is breaking people, & the overwhelming support from the public to end this sentence cannot be ignored. The Government will only be held to account if the public makes its views known
@Trapped_Pod
@PeterStefanovi2
“…however unpalatable it may be to some, the fact is prisoners are still people, and if we want them to have any respect for society when they get out we need to be mindful of their dignity as fellow human beings”
@TheErwinJames
@fmspear
Let’s not wait for an ITV drama to do the right thing.
Let’s not sit by whilst more tragically lose their lives. We must act now & we must act URGENTLY.
@PeterStefanovi2
via
@fmspear
So many important points mentioned here, those on an
#IPP
sentence must not be ignored any more. Why hasn't
@AlexChalkChelt
the courage to resentence, surely he can see that is the way forward?
Strong words of support in the House of Lords today for the implementation of the Justice Committees recommendation to re-sentence all prisoners subject to IPP sentences which the UN rapporteur for torture has called an “egregious miscarriage of justice”
@ActionIpp
@UNGRIPP
Prisons are not safe, not for prisoners and not for staff. If you don’t believe me then please do some research.
Overworked, underpaid and inexperienced staff working in difficult conditions.
Conditions deteriorate whilst the population increases.
Lets keep the momentum going. This is such an important petition. Please sign and encourage others to do so
The Government will only be held to account if the public makes its views known.
@PeterStefanovi2
Almost 1,000 signatures already
No one should spend 18 years in jail for trying to steal a coat - it’s unthinkable
Please help end this stain on our Justice system by signing the petition. It only takes a moment 🙏👇
I’ll be ramping up the videos this year but also want to do more. I want to give as many campaigns & charities as possible a voice across my media channels. That’s why I’ve launched CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
Find out more here. Let’s do this TOGETHER!
Hope for justice at last now comes in the form of 2 amendments to be debated in the
@UKHouseofLords
on 12 March.
Let’s not sit by whilst more tragically lose their lives. We must act now & we must act URGENTLY.
@PeterStefanovi2
I have followed the Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) issue for over 10 years & seen how political inertia has stifled any chance of reform
But things are now changing. We are at an inflection point
@Trapped_Pod
@PeterStefanovi2
@UNGRIPP
@ActionIpp
“A short sentence is short enough to lose your house, your kids, your job and your connections, but not long enough to engage in anything that helps you change,” she said.
@karynmccluskey
Prisons make more problems than they solve:
When will a Secretary of State for Justice make a stand, be decisive and finally bring some control, order and hope into our prisons?
@NotThatBigIan
via
@fmspear
Regardless of who the Secretary of State for Justice is, or who the Prisons Minister is, or what political party they are from, prison reform should not be contingent on who is at No 10, it should be happening anyway.
It has become a humanitarian issue.
Let's end this injustice Now, TOGETHER
Please write to your MP to encourage them to vote to accept the important amendment for re-sentencing.
@neill_bob
@Trapped_Pod
@PeterStefanovi2
"What shocked me the most was the waste of human life. I often refer to prisons as ‘warehouses of the vulnerable’ because that’s how I saw it"
@fmspear
Amendment 161 would require the state to demonstrate that a prisoner is still a risk to the public rather than, as at present, requiring the prisoner to prove the opposite.
@danielmgmoylan
@Fox_Claire
@PeterStefanovi2
"The new government must now honour the commitment it made in opposition & work at pace to end this cruel, inhumane, degrading & most monumental of injustices"
@PeterStefanovi2
@Fox_Claire
@GreenJennyJones
As time is drawing near for me to be able to pay my respects to my dear friend, I'm reminded of some of his words...
"We deserve a prison system that hates the crime, perhaps hates the criminal but for Christ sake give the prisoner a chance."
“Political leaders from both main parties must find the courage to step up and address the tragic injustice of indefinite jail terms” says Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
@PeterStefanovi2
#IPP
@Trapped_Pod