Indefinite imprisonment without clear release pathway
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 12 Apr 2024 and 20 Oct 2025.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 1 specific action.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“Mr [name redacted] was one of many IPP prisoners struggling to progress in his sentence and had limited hope for release.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“HMPPS has expanded psychology services through the prison gate and into the community, to support some of the most complex people we work with.”
- 1 year 6 months later
Raised again · 1st time
Scott Berry↗
20 Oct 2025 · Sarah Middleton · City of Kingston Upon Hull and the County of the East Riding of Yorkshire
Closely relatedConfidence 0.92 · higha different coroner“Mr [name redacted] was frustrated by his sentence and had little hope of being released which he voiced to a number of staff and professionals.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:sentencehope
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2024 → 2025Scott Berry1 year 6 months after Scott Rider · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.92 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.92 · highBoth reports highlight that IPP prisoners experience frustration and little hope of release due to prolonged detention beyond their tariff. They note the ongoing risk of future deaths if these sentences are not reviewed.
Scott Rider · 12 Apr 2024
“Mr [name redacted] was one of many IPP prisoners struggling to progress in his sentence and had limited hope for release.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Scott Berry · 20 Oct 2025
“Mr [name redacted] was frustrated by his sentence and had little hope of being released which he voiced to a number of staff and professionals.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Stated action
“HMPPS has expanded psychology services through the prison gate and into the community, to support some of the most complex people we work with.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 → 2025 | 0.73 | 0.40 | Closely related · 0.92 | different |
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