People sentenced to imprisonment for public protection (IPP) have high rates of mental ill health and are getting inadequate help to put their lives back on track, says a major report published today by Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.

In the Dark: the mental health implications of imprisonment for public protection finds that IPP prisoners are much more likely than other prisoners to have mental health problems. Being on IPP appears to be making this worse because of the uncertainty and hopelessness it creates.

Click below to read the full report.

http://www.scmh.org.uk/news/2008_prisoners_left_in_the_dark.aspx