Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleLeroy Douglas has been granted parole after spending 20 years in prison under a discredited Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) term for stealing a mobile phone. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared Douglas's prolonged detention arbitrary and unlawful under international human rights law. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has committed to ending the injustice of IPP jail terms through new legislation before the end of the current parliament. Following the landmark UN ruling, human rights lawyers have lodged a High Court challenge seeking the release of surviving IPP prisoners. Douglas, now 44, is expected to be released to a specialist hostel in October subject to strict licence conditions, including a curfew and drug testing. In full‘I’ve been waiting for this for 20 years’: Father jailed for two decades for stealing mobile phone finally going homeMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
IPP prisoner finally granted parole after 20 years in prison
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleLeroy Douglas has been granted parole after spending 20 years in prison under a discredited Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) term for stealing a mobile phone. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared Douglas's prolonged detention arbitrary and unlawful under international human rights law. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has committed to ending the injustice of IPP jail terms through new legislation before the end of the current parliament. Following the landmark UN ruling, human rights lawyers have lodged a High Court challenge seeking the release of surviving IPP prisoners. Douglas, now 44, is expected to be released to a specialist hostel in October subject to strict licence conditions, including a curfew and drug testing. In full‘I’ve been waiting for this for 20 years’: Father jailed for two decades for stealing mobile phone finally going homeMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
