Key statutory instruments governing the use of detention do not apply to holding rooms at ports or short term holding facilities. Some 7,000 vulnerable individuals are held each year for up to 7 days in appalling conditions without proper regulation.
A young Guinean woman has become the sixth victim in three years of ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’ in UK immigration detention, with the High Court ruling that detention explicitly caused the disintegration of her mental health.
An independent Scotland could be the start of something even bigger: disaffected voters in England, Wales and Northern Ireland motivated to find a new society.
South Yorkshire police officers and council officers have been called before MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee today to explain their failure to act to prevent shocking abuse and exploitation of thousands of children. Women Against Rape has supplied the MPs with some guidance and ammunition
Britain’s leading children’s charity helps the world’s biggest security company lock up children who have committed no crime.
A toxic mix of drastic cuts and fewer staff, rising prison numbers and harsher and less purposeful regimes are putting the clock back on prison reform.
A company called Mitie cleans Odeon cinemas and NHS hospitals . . . Now, all of a sudden, they're the UK government's favoured supplier for locking up immigration detainees. How did that happen?
• Honour citation sheds light on security industry's role in 'War on Terror'.• G4S Gurkhas deployed against environmental protesters in the UK.
Sheffield campaigners express outrage at “illegal and immoral” deportation of Sushilananda Sraman, a Buddhist monk who fears persecution in his native Bangladesh.
A Scottish Refugee Council report adds weight to calls for UK-wide review of asylum housing.
Friends and supporters share anxiety over the safety of Buddhist monk who made South Yorkshire his home after seeking refuge from persecution in his native Bangladesh.
Sheffield campaigners continue to work to secure release of Sushilananda Sraman from detention.
