Teenager Jailed for 18 Months After McDonald’s Fight Still in Prison 18 Years Later Under Indefinite Jail Term
22nd September 2024
Luke Ings was handed a controversial imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence for robbery and a fight in McDonalds aged just 17.
The jail terms were scrapped in 2012 amid human rights concerns, but not retrospectively – leaving almost 3,000 people languishing in prison with no release date.
His devastated mother Samantha, 57, said Luke, now 36, is trapped with “monsters” inside maximum security HMP Wakefield, which is home to some of Britain’s most serious criminals, having spent his entire adult life inside.
Britain, of course, doesn’t have the Constitutional protections available in the U.S.
Time to leave.