A father who kept himself in frustration as his mental health To steal the phone Finally it has been transferred to the hospital.
Thomas White, serving a finished uncertain gel period described as “psychological torture” by the United Nations, developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis in the prison as he lost hope of being free from himself Imprisonment for public safety (IPP) sentence.
Last year, Independent It turned out how he was Set yourself on fire In his cell, this newspaper supported his family in a six -year battle, so that it could be transferred for mental mental health treatment.
In March, we revealed how he was still suffering Another mental health crisis, In which he repeatedly broke his face on the floor of maximum security HMP Manchester, where he was being held.
This week, the 42-year-old father of one finally arrived in an expert in Northernland in the medium-safe unit-where his family hopes that he will finally help what he needed-he was after three months he was. Approved for transfer,
His sister Reverend Clara White told Independent: “He keeps saying Clara,” Thank you, thank you, I must have died in jail. “
This transfer comes after spending 13 years on the controversial open-ended jail term. The IPP sentences were given a harmful verdict in 2012 from the European Court of Human Rights, but not rebelly, except thousands of prisoners, leaving thousands of prisoners Got in jail For years, beyond the terms of his original prison.
White, who had the previous guilty for the theft, was sentenced to IPP with a two -year tariff for robbery just four months before the sentence. Then at the age of 27, he was a biping of a procurement of taking a phone from two Christian missionaries in Manchester.
Thanks to the indefinite gel period, he has been disorganized because his mental health has deteriorated. He moved to jails 12 times and was banned by looking at his only son, Kayden, who is about 16 years old, for his prison period.
Three psychiatrists had called for the White to be taken to the hospital for their mental health treatment. The latest, on 13 February, concluded that he was “struggling in the atmosphere of the prison” and was likely to “he is depth and angry as a result of his prediction”.
Last year, two medical reports bare the toll for the devastating IPP jail, which warned that the “long dislocation of the White was creating” impervious obstacles “for their recovery.
Rev White, who was appointed as a pastor this month, said she was still struggling to process the news that she was finally in the hospital when she fought with the Ministry of Justice.
Lord David Blaunket, who admits that he regrets that he was involved in the efforts to help White to travel with his son while he was serving in Tony Blair’s Labor Cabinet.
Meanwhile, the jails minister James Timson personally visited him inside a jail, where Rev White was being organized after raising awareness about his plight.
He said, “It is definitely winning one, but I have to remember that it has moved from one institution to another and it may take a long time to get it well,” he said.
“We are dragged to post from the column. I think I have been beaten up with Thomas.”
Although her brother is still struggling with religious confusion in the unit, she takes rest from the knowledge that “she is now in the right place.”
However, he is afraid that he will still need to fight to keep it for more than six months.
One of the about 2,500 people is still disorganized on an IPP jail period, around 700 has served at least 10 years longer than its original minimum word.
There are gradual governments IPP prisoners again refused a sentenceDespite the call in special coordination between the Justice and the United Nations on torture after high rates of suicide and suicide.
The Ministry of Justice insisted that it would not consider releasing the prisoners who have not passed the release of the parole board.
This week Nazanin Zagri-RetklifThose who were detained in Iran for nearly six years, joined the call for the government, who still work to help those on punishment.