Medics have warned that a prisoner's lengthy incarceration under an indefinite jail term is creating impermeable barriers to his recovery as they called for him to be moved to hospital.
Thomas White has developed severe mental health problems in prison after serving more than 12 years for stealing a mobile phone under an abolished imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence.
Thomas White’s sister Clara has begged the Ministry of Justice to move her brother to a hospital to get the care he needs amid fears it is only a matter of time before he makes another attempt on his life.
IPP jail terms were introduced under New Labour in 2005 and saw offenders given a minimum tariff but no maximum. They were scrapped in 2012 amid human rights concerns.
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