Letter To Officials At The Magistrates Court Where Greggor Grey Will Attend
One of the reasons Greggor escaped from D Cat Prison. He was awaiting a parole hearing in June 2022 but was told by offender management not to concentrate on that parole hearing but to concentrate on the next one in 18 months time. Greggor had already spent 17 years in prison on a four year tariff. Can you imagine what was going through his mind?
He seen no choice but to abscond so went on the run.
Below is a letter composed by The Institute Of Now to the Magistrates Court.
On 12/07/2022, 15:53 The Institute of Now <tion@gmx.com> wrote:
For the attention of the officials hearing the case of an IPP Prisoner
Dear Sir or Madam
I am writing in relation to the psychological harms of IPP sentences. I have been researching the problems that confront indefinitely detained prisoners, working in collaboration with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies in London. Much evidence on the toxic nature of IPP sentences appears to demonstrate that IPP prisoners are caught in a psychological trap created by the unending nature of this sentence, a sentence which has the characteristics of inhuman treatment or psychological torture. Research on torture portrays indefinite detention as from the category of "Induced Desperation". There is an enormous weight of evidence to suggest the IPP sentence is so damaging and problematic that it is causal in the deteriorating outlooks of men and women serving these sentences. During the weekend of 9th July 2022 another IPP committed suicide in custody in the West of England. I am making this statement because I have no choice but to do everything I can to make known to authority that the treatment of IPPs in the system is cruel and inhumane. You may be aware that the Justice Select Committee in Parliament is due to report on its inquiry into IPP. It is hard to see that self harm, suicide, attempting suicide, absconding or belligerent behaviour is not a logical outcome for a person when confronted with the psychological effects of indefinite detention, particularly combined with complex parole and assessment processes. It is precisely because parole hearings cause great anxiety that prisoners often act to avoid the damaging experience that many know these hearings to be. Please consider that anyone who is held beyond their tariff is likely to become psychologically affected by indefinite detention. Anyone who has served their time for a crime and continues to be held post tarrif without knowing if they will ever be releases is indefinitely detained. It is my belief that it is psychological torture to continue to hold prisoners years beyond tariff when due to lack of resources in the system they cannot be treated humanely.
Yours sincerely
Henry Rossi
The Institute of Now
40 Berkeley Sq
Bristol
BS8 1HP
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