19 to 25 Oct - the Unlocking Detention team looks back on the week they visited Morton Hall detention centre, in deep Lincolnshire. https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/524561287024771072 Until recently, Morton Hall detention centre was the latest addition to the ever growing immigration detention [...]
This piece by Judith Dennis was first published by openDemocracy on 3 November 2014. Judith is Policy Manager at the Refugee Council. Despite pledging to end child detention for immigration purposes in 2010, the UK Government is still [...]
This post is written by Souleymane, who has experienced immigration detention. His testimony was provided for Detention Action's forthcoming annual report. I was in detention for three and half years. At first, I would look for signs it [...]
By Fraser from Samphire. Samphire are a member of the Detention Forum. Dover Immigration Removal Centre stands above the town of Dover on its Western Heights, holding around 400 detainees. I work for Samphire, a charity in the [...]
This letter was written by Shariff who was detained in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. Dear Harmondsworth IRC, I know you are very busy at the moment but I have a few questions about the three months you held [...]
This piece by Jerome Phelps first appeared in openDemocracy on 27 October 2014. Jerome is the Director of Detention Action. The UK Court of Appeal will hear an appeal this week over the lawfulness of automatically detaining asylum [...]
Handfast For Isa Muazu by E. E. Jones Think of his starved hand Reaching for England As they stretchered him Towards the exit: his small wrist Helpless in the terminal Darkness, and his thin fingers, Through which Justice [...]
12 to 18 Oct - the Unlocking Detention team looks back on the week they visited Brook House detention centre, near Gatwick Airport. Unlocking Detention visited Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, near Gatwick Airport. This centre and another one nearby [...]
5 Oct to 11 Oct - the Unlocking Detention team looks back on the week they visited Campsfield, Oxfordshire. Unlocking Detention visited Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre just as the most controversial development was taking place in the area. Recently, [...]
28 Sep to 4 Oct - the Unlocking Detention team looks back on the week when the tour visited Haslar Immigration Removal Centre in Portsmouth. After looking at the Short Term Holding Centres and prisons which are used for [...]