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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Father on indefinite jail term for stealing phone has ‘lost hope’ after being denied hospital transfer

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

A father who has spent 13 years in prison for stealing a phone and set himself alight in desperation has “totally disengaged and lost hope” after being denied a hospital transfer, his devastated family have said.

Fears are growing for Thomas White, who has developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis as he languishes under an abolished indefinite jail term that has been described as “psychological torture” by the UN.

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