James Lawrence threatened someone with a fake gun in 2006 and is still in prison.
The mother of a prisoner, who is still in jail 18 years after being given a "cruel and unjust" indefinite prison term, is calling for MPs to back a bill to resentence all 2,734 prisoners in his situation who are still behind bars.
The Ministry of Justice has rejected the idea of resentencing in the interests of "public protection". Lawrence pleaded guilty to two offences - one of assault and another of possessing an imitation gun with intent to cause fear and violence. "I picked him up. There was this fight in the street. Three people kicking one person, so James got out and he was going, 'leave him alone', and then they started on him.
He has struggled with addiction and like many other IPP prisoners who have lost hope, his mental health is a constant worry for his family.Earlier this year at HMP Erlstoke in Wiltshire, Lawrence too tried to kill himself and it was not the first time."What I want to happen is to resentence all IPPs, starting with the lowest tariffs, because otherwise they've got no justice, no voice and it would ease up prison spaces.
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