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Indefinite prison terms 'flawed'
By BBC News
Published: 09/21/2007

UNITED KINGDOM - Indefinite custodial sentences are "fundamentally flawed" and should be used only in exceptional cases, the Howard League for Penal Reform says.

It says the sentencing option introduced in 2005 is threatening to overwhelm the overcrowded jail system. Read more.

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