The UN has condemned the detention of UK prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms as “arbitrary” and accused the British government of presiding over a form of psychological torture.
In a scathing 16-page document, the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has lashed out at Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms as “inhumane treatment” due to the “mental anguish of being subjected to continuous uncertainty of a release date”.
