Harms in detention
About immigration detention
Immigration detention is the practice of holding people who are subject to immigration control in custody,…
Inadequate healthcare in detention
Home Office policy is that people in detention receive healthcare equivalent to NHS services that the…
Ineffective safeguards
The Home Office has numerous ‘safeguards’ in place to protect vulnerable people from immigration detention, but…
Damage to mental health
Mental illness is the most widespread health issue for people in detention. Post-traumatic stress disorder is…
Excessive use of force
Medical Justice has encountered hundreds of allegations of excessive use of force in immigration detention and…
Inhuman & degrading treatment
There have been 8 cases in which a finding of a breach of Article 3 of…
Self-harm, hungerstrikes
A high proportion of immigration detainees display clinically significant levels of depression, PTSD and anxiety, as…
Segregation
An alarming number of sick people in detention are put in segregation indiscriminately. They may be…
Deaths in detention
There have been an alarming number of deaths in immigration detention – particularly as any death…
Volunteer with Medical Justice
To enable us to reach more vulnerable people in immigration detention, we need volunteer clinicians, especially GPs and psychologists, to visit clients in detention and write reports or contribute remotely, by email, reviewing medical records and providing opinions.
We also need volunteer interpreters to help us reach the people detained who most need our help.