Father on indefinite jail term for stealing phone has ‘lost hope’ after being denied hospital transfer

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. Two medical reports last year laid bare the toll of the devastating Imprisonment for Public Protection jail term on the 42-year-old, warning that White’s “lengthy incarceration” was creating “impermeable barriers” to his recovery as his family fought for him to be moved to a hospital. open image in gallery MP James Frith and White’s sister Clara visited HMP Manchester, where he is incarcerated despite his deteriorating mental health Mr Frith has backed The Independent’s calls for all IPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed after hearing of White’s plight. “I said to them if my brother dies in here his name will never be forgotten in this prison.” White was handed an IPP sentence with a two-year minimum tariff for street robbery of a mobile phone in 2012, just months before the open-ended jail term was abolished due to human rights concerns. Being told he must display three months of stability in order to be transferred to hospital “portrays the catch-22 that he’s in and that many IPP prisoners are in” as their ability to progress is hampered by the hopelessness associated with the jail term.