Unlocked

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This blog post was written for Unlocking Detention by Ali McGinley. It was first published on the Justice Gap. Ali is director of AVID - the Association of Visitors of Immigration Detainees - and has managed AVID since [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]