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UK: Immigration centre staff told: Put 'disobedient' detainees in solitary confinement - even if it could kill them

02 August 2016

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"People held at Britain’s immigration removal centres can be thrown into solitary confinement against medical advice and held for hours without any explanation, according to new guidance set to be issued to guards by the Home Office.

A draft “detention services order”, spelling out guidance to staff at the immigration prisons on the use of solitary confinement, says the sanction can be applied even if medical advice explicitly warns that it would be “life-threatening”.

The practice, described by campaigners as “cruel”, can also be handed out by guards to anyone who is judged to be “stubborn” or “disobedient” – despite concerns by official watchdogs that vulnerable people with mental health problems are being being seriously affected."

See the story: Immigration centre staff told: Put 'disobedient' detainees in solitary confinement - even if it could kill them (Independent, link)

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