{"id":226660,"date":"2025-03-16T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-one-man-spent-nearly-20-years-in-jail-due-to-a-legal-loophole\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T09:00:08","slug":"how-one-man-spent-nearly-20-years-in-jail-due-to-a-legal-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-one-man-spent-nearly-20-years-in-jail-due-to-a-legal-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"How one man spent nearly 20 years in jail due to a legal loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/GNzmooalzgw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How one man spent nearly 20 years in jail due to a legal loophole\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNzmooalzgw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Government figures this week are likely to show the prison population back to where it was before the last early release scheme. <\/p>\n<p>But even though hundreds of prisoners have served only 40% of their sentences, there is a cohort of the prison population who have served extended sentences, years beyond their minimum term.    <\/p>\n<p>IPP sentences, Imprisonment For Public Protection, were introduced in 2005 and abolished in 2012. But the law wasn\u2019t back-dated, so the legacy of prisoners serving indefinite sentences continues.<\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s home editor Jason Farrell speaks to one man who has spent much of his adult life in and out of prison after committing an armed robbery at a cash point.<\/p>\n<p>#prison #imprisonment #justice #crime #skynews #uknews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government figures this week are likely to show the prison population back to where it was before the last early release scheme. 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