Amy-Clare Martin

Four more prisoners serving IPP jail terms have taken their own lives in Britain’s prisons, taking the total number of self-inflicted deaths to 94. A further 37 released IPP prisoners took their own lives in the community in the five years to April 2024: https://t.co/hXc2vvadYj

ICYMI: In the fight against knife crime, conversations often focus on tougher punishments alone. I visited a classroom tackling the root causes of youth violence as they fight to save children from a life of gangs and exploitation: https://t.co/Tay7nHRsMj

Thomas White has previously set himself alight in his cell as his mental health deteriorates on an IPP sentence, which has left him languishing for 13 years for robbing a phone. Sadly, he has suffered another crisis in prison: https://t.co/FNAzQlbzK0

EXCL: ‘I stole a mobile phone almost 20 years ago – I’ve spent half my life in prison’ Leroy Douglas has begged for his freedom, describing his IPP jail term as ‘cripplingly cruel’ as he languishes in prison https://t.co/lsSTHZ93vZ

EXCL: Four in ten prisoners who took their own lives in custody were denied adequate healthcare before their deaths, according to damning new figures exposing the scale of neglect inside Britain’s overcrowded prisons. https://t.co/Hhf7rt6s8g

The UN special rapporteur on torture has long been critical of IPP sentences. Speaking to me, she has renewed her calls for leaders to look at resentencing, warning the British government is ‘very likely’ breaching some IPP prisoners’ human rights: https://t.co/55qtiQi97G

Like others who witnessed the horrors of the Southport attack, Colin Parry has struggled with flashbacks and nightmares. He confronted an agitated Axel Rudakubana moments before the stabbing, but had no idea he was armed: https://t.co/DhvmdlIuGq

RT @SianElvin: "If I had known, he wouldn’t have been going next door. But we couldn’t see anything on him. All I remember is his bright gr…

RT @UNGRIPP: This Wednesday, 15th January we are holding a drop-in session for MPs in Parliament, where MPs can learn about IPP sentences.…

Despite nine years successfully rebuilding his life, IPP prisoner Haydar Jefferies was hauled back to jail indefinitely over a false allegation, his family says, before he took his own life after the prison failed to get him mental healthcare https://t.co/BkrpEJ60sq

RT @Rebeccasmt: 🤯 so honoured thank you too everyone that shared thier stories with me this year and those who collaborated with me xx

RT @dom_herbert: Congratulations to the Mirror’s Tom Pettifor, @MatthewYoung7 and @DanJDove for their brilliant investigation on Jill Dand…

RT @JabedAhm: Exclusive: More than 150 apartment block residents face eviction after no fault notices served weeks before Christmas Reside…

Three years ago, assisted dying campaigner Dawn shared her death in Switzerland with the world. In her final moments, she sipped champagne, had a cigarette, and listened to her favourite song. The assisted dying debate should focus on facts, not fears https://t.co/309n0XNuGI

RT @Rebeccasmt: It warms my heart to be able to publish this. After a decade of being locked away in hospitals and care homes, Nicholas Th…

RT @UNGRIPP: 1/2 We are honoured & also speechless to have been put forward for the Longford Trust award & to have won it. This is not jus…

Fishmongers’ Hall hero warns of more IPP prisoner suicides as he is finally freed from indefinite jail term https://t.co/clFMuzy4fu