‘So his torture starts all over again’: Man who stole phone 14 years ago being returned to prison without release date
A further 207 are serving their jail term in a secure hospital, often after their mental health deteriorated in prison, and 96 people have taken their own lives in custody. “I don’t think nine months is enough for a man to unravel and to start trusting and start speaking. “So you punish a man because he’s not fitting into your timescale of how long he should be there.
- ▪A further 207 are serving their jail term in a secure hospital, often after their mental health deteriorated in prison, and 96 people have taken their own lives in custody.
- ▪“I don’t think nine months is enough for a man to unravel and to start trusting and start speaking.
- ▪“So you punish a man because he’s not fitting into your timescale of how long he should be there.
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