Shaun’s mum, Shirley Debono, has called on Andy Burnham to release hundreds of other IPP prisoners amid the decision to continue the controversial early release scheme. ‘Forget about them, start by releasing these IPP prisoners instead.’ IPP sentences, which allowed judges to give out sentences with no maximum tariff, were scrapped in 2012 but not retrospectively. The mum, who founded the IPP Committee In Action, told Metro there are hundreds of IPP prisoners who are in a similar position to her son. On Monday, the Prime Minister asked for a review of IPP sentences after announcing he would continue with the early release scheme for prisoners.