This blog post which sheds light on a little-discussed aspect of detention - the chaplaincy services available at every centre - is written by Gayle Munro. Gayle has insight into the world of UK immigration detention in two [...]
What an exciting first week of Unlocking Detention 2016! This first week was partly an introduction to this virtual tour of the UK's immigration detention estate, but also focused on two of the most hidden sites of detention: [...]
By Mo*, 12 months in detention** Detention in the Verne is like being stuck in an island, in an island, in an island, in an island. Your cell is the centre. It is where I am most lonely, [...]
This afternoon, Ben from Detention Action conducted a live Q and A with 'Abdi' who is currently detained, under immigration powers, in a prison. Ben asked Abdi questions that you, the public, had sent us via Twitter and [...]
In this #Unlocked16 article, Jerome Phelps of Detention Action writes for Open Democracy 50:50 on how "the pragmatic development of alternatives to detention with civil society at the fore can help to arrest the slide into the abyss [...]
By Kasonga, a member of the Freed Voices group. I was detained in prison under immigration powers, and then in Harmondsworth and Colnbrook IRCs, for over two years altogether. The ‘IRC’ stands for ‘Immigration Removal Centre’. Removal is [...]
In this first week of Unlocking Detention 2016 (which runs until 18 December), we are shining a spotlight on perhaps the most hidden sites of detention: short-term holding centres, and immigration detention in prisons. This first blog post [...]
This blog post was written by Eiri Ohtani, Coordinator of the Detention Forum for the PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants) blog, published on 10 October 2016. How do you explain immigration detention to people who [...]
By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain. "I knew nothing about this. I didn’t know about detention" "The first time I found out about detention was when the key turned in the cell door. That was in [...]