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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Father in jail for 13 years for stealing a phone suffers crisis which leaves him smashing face on floor

IPP prisoner Thomas White with his son Kayden, aged just 10 months - (Margaret White)

A father whose mental health has crumbled after serving 13 years in prison for stealing a mobile phone has suffered a crisis which left him smashing his own face on the floor.

Thomas White, who is languishing under an abolished indefinite jail term described as “psychological torture” by the UN, was last week moved to a prison hospital wing after he suffered the shocking episode in front of other inmates.

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