UN highlights ‘psychological harm’ to UK man jailed since 2012 for phone theft

Exclusive: UN expert reiterates call for review of indefinite sentence of Thomas White, whose family say he now has severe mental health issues

Number of offenders with indefinite sentences recalled to prison soars

A UN torture expert has called the case of a man driven to psychosis after being jailed in the UK for more than a decade for stealing a mobile phone “emblematic of the psychological harm” caused by indeterminate sentences.

Thomas White was handed an imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence in 2012 for stealing a mobile phone – four months before such prison terms were abolished. He has been in jail ever since after initially receiving a minimum two-year tariff.

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