Home Office responsibility for women miscarrying in immigration detention
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) An immigration detainee has already…
Update on our work and office during the COVID-19 pandemic
Medical Justice operations during the Coronavirus pandemic The Medical Justice team has had to make a…
Detainees At Risk From COVID-19
Medical Justice demands release of all immigration detainees to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 inside detention…
Prince Fosu Inquest
Neglect contributed to the death of an immigration detainee died naked and emaciated in ‘strip cell’…
Yarl’s Wood detainee cleared of assault against guards
A Nigerian woman was today cleared of assaulting guards UK during a violent attempt to remove…
Basics Training Day for Clinicians – March 2020
Medical Justice basics training day. Our next "basics" training day for clinicians interested in volunteering with…
Home Office revises definition of torture after Medical Justice highlights problems
Medical Justice has agreed to ‘stay’ its case against the Home Office in the High Court…
Response to the consultation on the Detention Centre Rules
We welcome the opportunity to feed into the consultation on the draft Removal Centre Rules (RCR).…
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Cancelled Hospital Appointments
RT missed three external cardiologist appointments to investigate uncontrolled hypertension at different IRCs over a four-month…
Mental Health Services
A legal judgement in 2014 found that S had been unlawfully detained for 3 months because…
Poor Emergency Care
Mr A died of a heart attack. He complained of chest pains and his room-mate pressed…
Injury on Removal
Mary claimed asylum on arrival to the UK. She was detained at the airport and transported…
PTSD and Depression
Mr J came to the UK after having been tortured in his home country. When in…
Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre Severely Restricts Access to Independent Doctors
The right to be visited by an independent doctor is enshrined in the Detention Centre Rules.…
“A Secret Punishment – the misuse of segregation in immigration detention”
"A Secret Punishment - the misuse of segregation in immigration detention", published today by the charity…
The Independent : “Thanks to Channel 4 we now see just how appallingly Yarl’s Wood detention centre shames Britain”
"The TV expose that shows a system with brutality and callousness at its heart"A woman in…
UKBA Lose Appeal Against Medical Justice
The removal of individuals from the UK at little or no notice was ruled illegal by…