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UK: IMMIGRATION DETENTION: The new Chief Inspector calls for a time limit on detention – Harmondsworth inspection report

01 March 2016

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"The latest report by the Prison Watchdog published today reveals that the UK had let its largest immigration detention centre, Harmondsworth, deteriorate to an “unacceptable” level, with some parts “among the worst in the detention estate”, while continuing to incarcerate migrants without a time limit for an administrative purpose.

The Chief Inspector of Prisons found that 18 men had been held at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, over a year, including one man detained for a total of five years, amidst the increase level of vulnerability among the detained population with 50% of them stating that they were depressed or suicidal."

See the full text: The new Chief Inspector calls for a time limit on detention – Harmondsworth inspection report (The Detention Forum, link)

The report: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons: Report on an unannounced inspection of Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre - Harmondsworth Site (pdf)

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