Dad trapped under indefinite jail term ‘failed and forgotten’ as he’s transferred 12 times in 12 years

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Thomas’ sister Clara White told The Independent: “It’s shocking - 12 prisons in 12 years, all around Britain, and we are back at square one at the prison where we started. “This prison merry-go-round isn’t what justice is about – they’ve failed and forgotten us.” open image in gallery Thomas White with his sister, Clara, and his mother, Margaret, in Manchester in 1985 Although Thomas and his family have never been told the reason for his repeated transfers, Clara suspects prisons move him on because he can’t progress. They psychologically tortured him, and they abused his right to family life, and they got away with it for more than a decade.” The latest prison move comes as this week major reforms for released IPP prisoners became law, reducing the licence period from ten to three years as well as a discretionary power of executive release for those recalled to prison – often for minor breaches of strict licence conditions. “But IPP prisoners and their families will rightly feel aggrieved that the 1,200 IPPs in prison who have never been released have been largely left out of the government’s proposals,” he added.