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 [...]
The first stop of this year's Unlocking Detention tour was the Verne detention centre. https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/649889152616525824 Last year when we visited the Verne, it was still a prison. It has recently become the latest addition to the detention estate [...]
This blog post is written by Gemma Pillay, from Nottingham. She works for the Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum. On Sunday 28th June 2015 I received a text from my friend Imran: Hello gemma its Imran here I [...]
This piece was written by Fraser Paterson, who works at Samphire. You can follow them on Twitter at @samphire_ Many people will know Dover as Britain’s main border with Europe and living here you are occasionally reminded on [...]
This piece is written by Rahwa Fessahaye, Advocacy Co-ordinator at Detention Action The first time I went to Verne IRC was in November 2014, a few weeks after I had returned from maternity leave. I was curious to see [...]