Bernadette and Abdulahi's story, plus Sam explores mental health treatment for IPPs and the now controversial Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway.

Sam travels to Cardiff to meet Bernadette, whose husband Abdulahi received an IPP sentence in 2005. His original tariff was two years and he has been recalled back to prison four times. Abdulahi was born in Somalia and moved to the UK as a child. He is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and his mental health has deteriorated since being in prison and because of the anxiety-inducing uncertainty of his IPP sentence.

Sam also gets a call from an IPP serving prisoner we are calling Mitch. He was released in 2018 after 11 years and was recalled back to prison the same year for breaching licence conditions. We also hear from James Daly MP, prison and parole solicitor, Dean Kingham and Senior Lecturer in law at the University of York, Ailbe O’Louhglin, who explains the history of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway, which is now considered controversial amongst many psychologists and psychiatrists.

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For more info about the campaign to end IPP sentences visit UNGRIPP: www.ungripp.com / @UNGRIPP

Contributors in order of appearance:

Bernadette Emmerson, wife of Abdulahi, an IPP serving prisoner 

'Mitch', IPP serving prisoner 

James Daly MP

Dean Kingham, Prison and Parole Solicitor

Graham Towl, Professor of forensic psychology at Durham University

Ailbe O’Louhglin, Senior Lecturer in law at the University of York

Dr Jo Shingler, Forensic Psychologist 

Shirley Debono, IPP Committee in Action

Voices in Archive:

Alex Chalk KC MP

Credits:

Reporter: Samantha Asumadu @SamanthaAsumadu

Executive Producer: Melissa FitzGerald @melissafitzg

Producer: Steve Langridge @SMLANGERS

Consultant: Hank Rossi

Artwork: The Brightside

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