Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Repatriation of Irish Prisoners in the United Kingdom: Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas
2:50 pm
Fr. Gerry McFlynn:
No more IPP sentences are given. The process was challenged by three British prisoners who challenged the legality of it in Europe. It was not found to be illegal but it was found to be unfair. The prisoners argued that they were being asked to do courses to satisfy the parole board but the courses were unavailable in the prisons they were being moved to.