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Immigration detention inquiry

Inquiry

In September 2017, the Committee held an evidence session inquiring into the running of Brook House Immigration Removal Centre.

The BBC Panorama investigation highlighted serious issues at Brook House, including:

  • Endemic drug-taking (both Spice and cannabis)
  • Under-staffing
  • Allegations of assault, racial abuse and mocking of detainees by staff employed by private operators
  • Cases of self-harm and attempted suicide amongst detainees
  • Failure to report incidents of C&R (control and restraint) or refusal to eat

As these issues appear to affect the immigration detention estate more widely, the Committee have decided to broaden the inquiry to assess the extent to which they are systemic and the steps that could be taken to address them.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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14th Report - Immigration detention
Inquiry Immigration detention inquiry
HC 913
Report
Response to this report
15th Special Report - Immigration detention: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report
HC 2602
Special Report
15th Special Report - Immigration detention: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report
Inquiry Immigration detention inquiry
HC 2602
Special Report
Letter from the Immigration Minister regarding the use of immigration detention, 3 December 2018
Inquiry Immigration detention inquiry
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

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11 September 2018
Inquiry Immigration detention inquiry
Witnesses Stephen Shaw CBE, author of the follow-up report to the Home Office on the assessment of government progress on the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons
Oral Evidence
8 May 2018
Inquiry Immigration detention inquiry
Witnesses Peter Clarke CVO OBE QPM, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Hindpal Singh Bhui, Inspection Team Leader (Immigration), HMI PrisonsRt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister for Immigration, Home Office, Hugh Ind, Director General of Immigration Enforcement, Home Office, Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Oral Evidence
20 March 2018
Inquiry Immigration detention inquiry
Witnesses Janahan, a former detainee in Harmondsworth and Morton Hall who now has refugee status, Voke, a former Yarl’s Wood detainee who is currently seeking asylum, and Afiya, a former Yarl’s Wood detainee who is currently seeking asylum, Kris Harris, Policy & Research Worker, Medical Justice, Gemma Lousley, Policy and Research Coordinator, Women for Refugee Women, Tom Nunn, Legal Manager, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID), Serco Group: Rupert Soames, CEO, and Julia Rogers, MD Justice and Immigration, Prison Service: Phil Wragg, HMPPS Prisons Group Director for Kent, Essex, IRCs and FNPs, Karen Head, Morton Hall Centre Manager
Oral Evidence
Home Office (IDD0044)
Home Office (IDD0043)
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (IDD0042)

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