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As we wait with bated breath for the results of Stephen Shaw’s second review of immigration detention, it’s worth taking some time to revisit his first. A former Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, Shaw was commissioned by Theresa May [...]
There is usually a moment of hesitation when a media story about something that you have known all along begins to turn into something that looks more like a proper media - and political - frenzy. The truth [...]
#HungerforFreedom – opening a new chapter in the history of challenging immigration detention? Today, we have heard that the hunger strike that started in Yarl's Wood detention centre in Bedford a month ago ended. But the real news [...]
Collateral – A BBC drama shining a light on the secret world of indefinite immigration detention Immigration detention dramatised on TV? Sylvia Gauthereau, one of the Detention Forum volunteers, reviews a BBC drama, Collateral. Immigration detention featured quite centrally [...]
Prison Inspectors yet again decry the lack of a time limit on immigration detention - Harmondsworth Large numbers of migrant men detained indefinitely in prison-like conditions at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre were found to have mental health needs [...]
The Detention Forum response to this morning’s speech by the Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott MP Eiri Ohtani, Project Director of the Detention Forum said: “The Shadow Home Secretary’s speech today, committing the Labour Party to end indefinite [...]
Will the new Minister listen to us and work with us to change this immigration detention system? https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/948509351760875522 While 2017 ended with a welcome news of the closure of the Verne detention centre, 2018 opened with a change [...]
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Today, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons have released their report on their most recent independent and unannounced inspection of Yarl's Wood detention centre. The centre was last inspected in 2015. This inspection showed some improvements in conditions for [...]
In a letter to key stakeholders, the Home Office has today announced the closure of The Verne Immigration Removal Centre. It is understood that the centre will be closed at the end of 2017 as ‘part of wider [...]