Yearly Archives: 2022

Damning report on Hassockfield Detention Centre

This month we saw the publication of a damning report by His Majesty's Inspector of Prisons following an unannounced visit he had made to Hassockfield detention centre (now called the Derwentside IRC) back in August. The best response [...]

2022-12-23T11:46:29+00:00December 23rd, 2022|

Rise in people detained -but there is an alternative!

It was sobering to see the reports in the press recently highlighting the fact that the number of people detained in immigration detention facilities increased sharply in the last year. The amount increased to 2,987 in the year [...]

2022-12-20T13:56:39+00:00December 20th, 2022|

New report on GPS tagging

BID, Medical Justice and Public Law Project have just published research – Every move you make: the human impact of GPS tagging in immigration bail – documenting the harm caused by Electronic Monitoring in the immigration system. The [...]

2022-11-09T09:10:52+00:00November 9th, 2022|

New report from the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) working in partnership with the Strategic Public Law Clinic (SPLC) have released a new report The Right to Community Equivalent Healthcare in Immigration Removal Centres: A Public Law Analysis of Systemic Issues in [...]

2022-10-28T13:43:01+00:00October 28th, 2022|

New report by HM Inspector of Prisons

A new report by HM Inspector of Prisons, out yesterday, has shown that delays and confusion have kept people in immigration detention behind bars unnecessarily. Their review of the experience of immigration detainees held in prisons has found [...]

2022-10-14T09:02:19+00:00October 14th, 2022|

Manston camp like a pressure cooker

There have been reports in the media that people are being held at the Manston short-term holding facility in Kent beyond the 24-48 hours with some people staying there for a week. The Prison Officers Association has described [...]

2022-10-07T13:50:32+00:00October 7th, 2022|

Next National Demonstration – No to Hassockfield

The next national demonstration against the new detention centre at Hassockfield (Derwentside) will be held 12-2pm on Saturday 15th October 2022 outside the centre. Their speakers will be those with lived experience and they have music from, amongst [...]

2022-10-07T13:06:35+00:00October 7th, 2022|

Keep Haslar closed

Just after the sad news that the Home Office intends to re-open Campsfield detention centre, we've just heard the bleak news that they are now planning to re-open the Haslar detention centre in Gosport, Hampshire. After years of [...]

2022-09-27T08:11:13+00:00September 27th, 2022|

National Protest against Derwentside IRC (Hassockfield)

Our friends in the North East are organising another national protest against the new detention centre in Derwentside - previously known as Hassockfield. It will be held on Saturday 15th October 2022 at midday - and this time [...]

2022-09-15T12:41:00+00:00September 15th, 2022|

The cost of immigration detention

We thought that it was helpful to highlight a recent Parliamentary question asked by Alison Thewliss MP of Simon Baynes MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office/ Ministry of Justice. She asked him how much [...]

2022-09-14T11:45:04+00:00September 14th, 2022|
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