This post was written for Unlocking Detention by Abbie Grace, support worker at Refugee Support Devon, and someone who lives in Devon and has experienced detention first-hand. Although detention may seem far away from us in Exeter, the [...]
This blog post was written for Unlocking Detention by Ali McGinley. It was first published on the Justice Gap. Ali is director of AVID - the Association of Visitors of Immigration Detainees - and has managed AVID since [...]
This blog post was written for Unlocking Detention by Jon Featonby, Parliamentary Manager at Refugee Council and Parliamentary Lead for the Detention Forum. It was first published on the Justice Gap, who are our #Unlocked15 partners. Thursday, September [...]
This blog post was written for Unlocking Detention by Professor David Herd, of the University of Kent. It was first published on the Justice Gap, who are hosting Unlocked articles in partnership with the Detention Forum. As the [...]
This piece was written for Unlocking Detention by Yann, a member of the Freed Voices group. Freed Voices are a group of experts-by-experience who are dedicated to speaking out about the realities of detention in the UK and [...]
This year at Unlocking Detention we’re asking people to send us their photo-answers to the question: ‘What would you miss if you were locked up, without trial, without time-limit?’ Or, alternatively, if you have been in detention, your [...]
After the visit to the Verne, we moved round the coast and last week, 5 to 11 October, Unlocking Detention 'visited' Dover detention centre. https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/650955106565816321 https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/650954091388997632 We had some great blog posts throughout the week - first up [...]
This year, Unlocking Detention is exploring how detention affects communities across the UK - not just where detention centres are located. This blog post is written by an artist who is a member of an asylum/immigration support group [...]
This blogpost is part of ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ - a Detention Action series which featuring the reflections of those with direct experience of detention, or of working with people in detention. This piece was written by Joe [...]
Sonja Miley who works at Waging Peace - a human rights organisation which campaigns against genocide and systematic human rights violations in Sudan, and an active member of the Detention Forum - writes about her experience of watching the [...]