The right to be visited by an independent doctor is enshrined in the Detention Centre Rules. Despite this, in the last few months, Yarl’s Wood detention centre has started to severely restrict access for independent doctors.
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“A Secret Punishment – the misuse of segregation in immigration detention”, published today by the charity Medical Justice, reveals that a disturbing number of sick immigration detainees are put in segregation indiscriminately. Medical Justice are calling for an immediate halt to the use of segregation in immigration detention. Immigration detainees may be detained indefinitely despite not having committed any crime – putting them in segregation adds to their trauma.
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“The TV expose that shows a system with brutality and callousness at its heart”
A woman in custody, suffering from a miscarriage, has to wait three hours before seeing a doctor. Female detainees are called “black bitches”, threatened and sexually humiliated. When they self-harm, guards shout or accuse them of seeking attention. One detainee jumps off a stairwell and breaks her neck, ending up in a wheelchair.
The removal of individuals from the UK at little or no notice was ruled illegal by the High Court in July 2010. The Court of Appeal have today dismissed UKBA’s appeal.