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Man who developed psychosis after being jailed for 13 years on indefinite sentence moved to hospital

Thomas White’s family say his spending years in prison on IPP sentence without release date was ‘psychiatric abuse’

A prisoner driven to psychosis after being jailed for more than a decade under an indeterminate sentence has finally been moved to a hospital for a treatment after a six-year battle by his family and supporters.

Thomas White was sentenced to a minimum of two years in custody under the imprisonment for public protection (IPP) scheme in 2012 for stealing a mobile phone, but remains in prison over a decade later.

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