UK jail escape trial reignites debate over indefinite sentences

<p>Joe Outlaw, who climbed on to a prison roof, is using the mental toll of indeterminate detention as a legal defence </p><p>The trial of an alleged escapee who spent hours on the roof of a high-security prison in his underpants is set to be the first time the stress caused by indeterminate sentences can be used as a legal defence.</p><p>Joe Outlaw is due to stand trial on Monday for climbing on to the roof of HMP Frankland in Durham in June 2023 in protest at the imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence he and others are serving.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/28/uk-jail-escape-trial-reignites-debate-over-indefinite-sentences">Continue reading...</a>