A United Nations torture tsar has said British prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms are probably “being detained arbitrarily” after The Independent revealed six in 10 are being blocked from moving to open jails.
Dr Alice Jill Edwards, the UN special rapporteur on torture, has said those languishing on imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences are being subjected to “psychological torture” and warned that the government is “very likely” to be breaching their human rights by international standards.
