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Harmondsworth: Story of those detained within the walls

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) [...]

2022-10-05T20:20:53+00:00October 23rd, 2015|

Unlocking Detention: Morton Hall week

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 [...]

2022-10-05T20:22:05+00:00October 23rd, 2015|

Morton Hall: Michael and Holly’s story

To mark the Unlocking Detention tour's visit to Morton Hall IRC this week, this Q and A features Michael, a member of the Freed Voices group, and his partner Holly, reflecting on the two years he was detained [...]

2022-10-05T20:22:57+00:00October 23rd, 2015|

A friendship to treasure

This blog post, about "an unlikely friendship, forged behind barbed wire and in the shadow of indefinite detention" was written for Scottish Detainee Visitors, and has been republished by Unlocking Detention with their permission.  It was written by [...]

2022-10-05T20:24:01+00:00October 22nd, 2015|

Unlocking Detention visits Brook House

Last week, it was Brook House detention centre's turn to be 'visited' by Unlocking Detention. https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/653472708886294528 https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/654599119961325568 https://twitter.com/GatDetainees/status/653900797810487296 https://twitter.com/GatDetainees/status/654613143952470016 We had some brilliant articles published during Brook House week.  There was a really interesting piece published by our [...]

2022-10-05T20:24:55+00:00October 19th, 2015|

How detention affects Devon: A looming dread

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 [...]

2022-10-05T20:26:23+00:00October 19th, 2015|

The Immigration Bill: An injection of compassion is sorely needed

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 [...]

2022-10-05T20:28:17+00:00October 15th, 2015|

Walking with Refugee Tales

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 [...]

2022-10-05T20:29:08+00:00October 14th, 2015|
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