UK government rejects call to resentence prisoners detained indefinitely

Almost 3,000 people still behind bars in England and Wales under ‘imprisonment for public protection’ scheme abolished in 2012UK politics live – latest news updatesThe UK government has rejected a call for prisoners detained indefinitely to be resentenced, in a move criticised by the chair of the justice committee as a “missed opportunity to right a wrong”.A report by the cross-party justice committee published last year said people stuck in prison under the now abo