Whole Lifers

Life sentences in the UK seldom mean that an offender is imprisoned for life, but what it does mean is that after release they will be on a lifetime license and breaching the terms of that license can mean a recall to prison.

Seldom used and only for the most prolific offenders of heinous of crimes the UK offenders can be sentenced to a whole life sentence, which does what it says on the tin the offender while serving the rest of their life imprisoned and will die in jail.

Currently, in the UK, around 66 prisoners are serving whole life terms, this is the story of some of these people