Household of man who stole a motorbike when he was 17 and stays in jail 17 years later attributable to an abolished legislation say they’ve misplaced contact with him and have no idea which jail he’s in – along with his father dying of most cancers with out saying goodbye

The household of a person who stole a motorbike when he was a teen and stays in jail practically 20 years later attributable to an outdated legislation have mentioned they do not know the place he’s.

Wayne Bell was locked up for theft when he was 17 years outdated and stays behind bars aged 34, attributable to a sentence of imprisonment for public safety – which was abolished by the courts.

His mom and sister instructed Manchester Night Information they’ve misplaced contact with him and do not even know which jail he’s in now.

Their father’s final want as he fought a dropping battle with most cancers was to talk to Bell one final time – however this went unfulfilled as he died in April 2020.

Bell stays behind bars aged 34, attributable to a sentence of imprisonment for public safety – which was abolished by the courts

His sister Alana Bell, 33, mentioned the household have not heard from him in over two years and so they ‘do not even know if he is alive’.

Round 17 years in the past, Bell punched a person and stole his bike in Manchester. He was sentenced in 2007 and was amongst one of many first convicts to be handed a brand new sort of sentence.

Imprisonment for Public Safety sentences – launched in 2005 – was later abolished for being ‘unjust’.

These in receipt of them had been handed minimal phrases however after their few years in jail had been up, they needed to persuade the Parole Board they had been protected sufficient to be launched again into the neighborhood.

Nevertheless, they weren’t given entry to rehabilitation programs to take action.

When he was a teen, Bell performed the trumpet and needed to turn into a mechanic. However he began entering into bother at college and ended up being expelled. 

At 17, Bell was convicted at Manchester Crown Court docket and instructed he would serve 4 years earlier than the Parole Board would think about releasing him however successive hearings deemed he could not be managed safely.

In order time went on he misplaced hope of ever being launched and began getting in fights behind bars. With every brawl, his possibilities of persuading the board diminished even additional.

Talking to MEN earlier than his dying, Bell’s father Carl mentioned: ‘I truthfully thought he can be popping out. I believed he can be in there a few years.

Their father’s final want as he fought a dropping battle with most cancers was to talk to Bell one final time – however this went unfulfilled as he died in April 2020

‘Wayne has watched murderers and rapists come and go out and in of jail. He simply hit somebody and took their bike. The sentence actually does not match the crime.’

Figures launched by the Ministry of Justice in March revealed that nearly 3,000 individuals are nonetheless behind bars on IPP.

Many inmates are already over their most time period, some by over a decade, say campaigners The Institute of Now.

IPP is alleged to have price the taxpayer £500 million already and will rise of £1billion by 2028.

At the very least 88 individuals given IPPs have already dedicated suicide in jail, with the quantity feared to be a lot larger, because of the problem of recording what number of have killed themselves whereas on licence in the neighborhood.

IPP was launched in England and Wales in 2003, as a part of the Felony Justice Act, initially meant to guard the general public from harmful offenders whose crimes didn’t benefit a life sentence. 

When it was abolished in 2012 the change was not retrospective which means 1000’s are nonetheless topic to the sentence.

The Ministry of Justice instructed MEN: ‘The jail system is in disaster and we recognise the numerous influence that is having on our complete justice system.

‘It’s proper that IPP sentences had been abolished. The Lord Chancellor is dedicated to working with organisations and marketing campaign teams to make sure the suitable plan of action is taken to assist these nonetheless serving IPP sentences.’

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It comes after Labour introduced new measures to crackdown on the jail overcrowding disaster within the King’s Speech in the present day.

International prisoners who make up simply 12 per cent of the UK’s jail inhabitants might be deported in a bid to deal with the problem.

The plan to fast-track removals of overseas criminals is anticipated to release round 5,000 locations.

Different measures may embody early removals of criminals earlier than they totally serve their sentences.

International prisoners might be exported to their residence nations by means of switch offers, and decrease stage offenders might be expelled from Britain, in response to The Telegraph.

Final week The Jail Governors’ Affiliation, which represents 95 per cent of jail governors in England and Wales, warned that jails had been attributable to run out of area inside days.

On the finish of March this 12 months there have been 10,422 overseas nationals in British jails, up from 10,148 the 12 months earlier than. That is about 12 per cent of all prisoners – every costing the taxpayer £47,000.