Phil Miller is a freelance journalist. Twitter: @pmillerinfo
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Published in: Shine A Light17 plead not guilty over Stansted deportation protestDefendants contest public order charges arising from protest that stopped a Home Office removal flight.
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Published in: Shine A LightInquest jury finds failures in detainee healthcareAn MRI brain scan that was wrongly cancelled might have led to life-saving treatment for Bruno Dos Santos, who died aged 25 in the care of UK immigration authorities.
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Published in: Shine A LightCancelled brain scan could have saved UK immigration detaineeInquest, Day Four: Neurologist testifies that he might have saved 25 year old Bruno Dos Santos.
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Published in: Shine A LightPeople tied up ‘like animals’ on UK deportation flightsCommercial contractors routinely belt immigration detainees into restraints so extreme that they are rarely used in prisons.
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Published in: Shine A LightFrail 84 year old subjected to ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’, prison ombudsman saysThe death of Alois Dvorzak exposes increased shackling of immigration detainees, as commercial contractors fear financial penalties that follow escapes.
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Published in: Shine A Light90% of immigration detainees visiting hospital were handcuffed, inquest hearsDvorzak inquest. Day 8: Juror: Should arrangements for vulnerable detainees have been in place a long time ago?Home Office official: “Yes. I don't know why they weren’t.”