A father held under an abolitionized indefinite prison sentence has made six attempts on his own life after serving 25 times longer than his original sentence. The independent can reveal. James Lawrence was given a discredited Public Protection Order (IPP) prison sentence with a minimum term of eight months in 2006 for threatening someone with … Read more
When Jacqueline Ali arrived at HMP Long Lartin to see her eldest son, the sight of the man on the other side of the bars took her breath away. Her once witty, fun-loving son, who dreamed of leaving prison and starting a floristry business, lay curled up on the floor of a cramped hospital wing … Read more
A father who served 12 years for stealing a mobile phone under an “inhumane” indefinite prison sentence has been forced to move prison for the twelfth time as he struggles with an endless “prison merry-go-round”. Thomas White, 40, was returned to prison this week where he was jailed for the first time under a Public … Read more
