Inmate who staged protest cleared after using ‘cruel’ indefinite jail term as defence

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Joe Outlaw was acquitted of 12 counts of criminal damage to HMP Frankland, but convicted of two counts, after telling jurors he was stripped naked and being 'starved’ in segregation

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A prisoner trapped on an “inhumane” indefinite jail term has been cleared of multiple counts of criminal damage to a maximum-security prison after using the toll of his sentence as a defence in what is believed to be a legal first.