Father who set himself alight on indefinite jail term refused hospital care as family loses hope Exclusive: IPP prisoner Thomas White, who has developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis after serving almost 13 years for robbing a phone, will not be transferred to hospital.
A father who has developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis in prison after serving almost 13 years for stealing a phone will not be transferred to a secure hospital, his devastated family has learned.
However the hospital transfer has been blocked after a new assessment arranged by the prison in December concluded he lacks motivation in prison and will therefore lack motivation in a forensic psychiatric hospital.
Two medical reports shared with The Independent this summer laid bare the toll of the devastating jail term as medics warned his “lengthy incarceration” was creating “impermeable barriers” to his recovery.
In a previous report from 2023, a psychiatrist found that the indefinite jail term, which had a two-year minimum tariff, was the “probable cause” of his poor mental health.
