This piece was written for Unlocking Detention by William, from the Freed Voices group. William was detained in Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre for four days before he was transferred to another detention centre, where he was incarcerated for [...]
This blog post was written by Bill MacKeith for Unlocking Detention. Bill is a founding member of the Campaign to Close Campsfield. This month marks the 22nd anniversary of the opening of Campsfield detention centre, an occasion that [...]
Campsfield House is widely considered one of the 'better-run' IRCs and the last report by HMIP, the official inspection body, vouched for this. Most people detained there, who have experienced other IRCs, like Harmondsworth or Brook House, agree [...]
This week, Unlocking Detention visited Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow airport. Harmondsworth is not only the biggest detention centre (immigration removal centre) in the UK, but also in Europe. Catch with all our tweets - including our twice [...]
This piece was written by Maddy Crowther of Waging Peace, for Unlocking Detention. The article was first published on the Justice Gap, who are partnering with us on #Unlocked15 Detention centres are remote places. Some are marooned in [...]
We asked members of the Verne Visitors group to share their thoughts and experiences on visiting people at the Verne. We were interested to hear what led them to start visiting, what they discovered when they started visiting, [...]
This blog post was written by Music in Detention volunteer, Alicia. I have been volunteering in the office at Music In Detention (MID) for the last two months and I was really excited when I found out I [...]
This was originally published on AVID website, and with their kind permission, republished here. Dover detention centre to close! 26 October 2015 Dover detention centre, which held 401 single male detainees, is to close by the end of [...]
This blog post was written by Susannah Willcox, who is an Advocacy Co-ordinator at Detention Action. Working in this capacity, she regularly visits and runs workshops in Harmondsworth detention centre. This story of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) [...]
This week it was the turn of Morton Hall to be visited by the virtual Unlocking Detention tour. https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/657483619691286528 Morton Hall was built as an RAF base, then served a low security prison. It was re-opened, with more [...]