Families of people serving Orders for Lifelong Restriction told Scotland’s human rights watchdog and a Holyrood committee that the indefinite sentence is not working as intended.
Police described the 28-year-old as the head of a sophisticated operation that flew drugs and phones into jails. Selfies he took with his drones turned up on his phone.
A former prison officer has received four-and-a-half years after hiding contraband in protein powder tubs, in a scheme police said supplied a prisoner with goods worth up to £190,000.
Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) launched a campaign in Parliament on 23 March 2026, with speakers arguing that such sentences are inhumane.
A prisoner admitted the manslaughter of Dennis Green, who died two weeks after a punch to the head on a wing at HMP Fosse Way in August 2025.
A gang that flew drugs, weapons and phones into prisons including Wandsworth, Pentonville, Brixton and Wormwood Scrubs has received jail terms of up to five years and three months.
A man already serving two life sentences for attacks on women absconded on day release from HMP North Sea Camp and attacked a student in Sheffield.
New Scottish Sentencing Council guidelines recommend a minimum five-year term for rape, even as ministers plan further emergency releases to ease prison overcrowding.
A 61-year-old woman who worked at HMP Bristol has received a sentence of six years and three months for her part in a conspiracy to bring drugs and SIM cards into the jail.
The men armed themselves with makeshift weapons and barricaded a spur at the high-security prison in October 2022. Their extra sentences total 20 years.
