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Unlocking Detention shone a spotlight on the hidden world of immigration detention. This ‘virtual tour’ of the immigration detention estate used Twitter, Facebook and a website to ‘unlock’ the gates of immigration detention centres.

Each week, Unlocking Detention ‘visited’ one of the UK’s detention centres. We heard from people who had been detained there, volunteer visitors, NGOs, campaigners and the families, friends, neighbours and communities over whom detention cast its long shadows.

We started Unlocking Detention back in 2014 and it ran for 6 years. While we no longer run this campaign with its dedicated website, it has left a powerful legacy of the impact of immigration detention. We have archived the key information, and we are now proud to continue to make it accessible via our website.

Verne closes, Shaw looms

Detention Action has been running advice surgeries every month at the Verne detention centre, which is set to close at the end of this year. Jerome Phelps, Director of Detention Action, considers what our next task is. [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:23:35+00:00October 18th, 2017|

For groups wanting to support Unlocking Detention

One of the themes of this year's Unlocking Detention tour is action. We are distributing the following material for groups interested in joining the tour. Please feel free to use them, share with others and so on! Welcome [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:25:04+00:00October 18th, 2017|

“Do you know what immigration detention is?” Part 2 Told by Mrs A, expert-by-experience

Yesterday, we published part 1 of Mrs A's contribution to Unlocking Detention, submitted by her solicitor at Duncan Lewis. In part 2 of her blog, Mrs A continues to describe her experience of and take on immigration detention [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:36:31+00:00October 17th, 2017|

#Unlocked17: A beginners’ level quiz

The first week of #Unlocked17 is a gentle introduction to the rest of the tour and we will be sharing with you some basic information about immigration detention centres. First, a quiz for beginners! Can you answer these [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:38:37+00:00October 17th, 2017|

Welcome to #Unlocked17!

Hello, and welcome back to Unlocking Detention! This year’s Unlocking Detention, #Unlocked17, marks our fourth virtual tour of the UK immigration detention estate. And it starts at a moment of crisis and upheavals. Last month, an undercover documentary [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:39:34+00:00October 16th, 2017|

Stand up against immigration detention! Join Unlocking Detention’s ‘selfie’ campaign!

During the Unlocking Detention tour, why not speak out against immigration detention? A simple way of doing this is to tweet us a selfie of you holding up one of the Unlocking Detention messages. Here's how: Step 1 - [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:40:21+00:00October 12th, 2017|

#Unlocked16 Reflection Special – (6)

To mark the end of this year’s Unlocking Detention tour, we asked a selection of activists, legal commentators, politicians, journalists and experts-by-experience – all engaged in the fight against detention in the UK and across Europe – their [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:41:16+00:00December 17th, 2016|

#Unlocked16 Reflection Special – (5)

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:42:36+00:00December 16th, 2016|

What does detention mean to you?

Throughout Unlocking Detention, we've asked people via Twitter, Facebook, and at the workshops we've run across the UK, to draw an image in response to the question "What does detention mean to you?" This includes images from people [...]

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:43:20+00:00December 15th, 2016|

#Unlocked16 Reflection Special – (4)

Unlocked2022-10-05T15:44:10+00:00December 15th, 2016|