In yesterday's Independent, an article about Colnbrook Detention Centre, by Robert Verkaik, discussed the report by Anne Owers, the Chief Inspector of Prisons. It noted that the use of force to control inmates had increased and was not always well managed. In a three month period there had been 179 complaints from inmates. Dame Anne noted"...we have found little improvement at Colnbrook since our last visit...there were examples of separation being misused and the vulnerable persons unit was not fit for purpose."
She also found: "A significant number of complaints, including allegations of staff bullying, were not adequately investigated and lacked detail."
Colnbrook is considered to be the flagship centre, run by a foreign company, Serco. Verkaik's report, however, is anodyne compared to what our undercover investigators have uncovered, including the illegal holding of underage persons, placed there by the Home Office despite evidence that they were illegally imprisoning the wrong individual.
These and other centres are a humanitarian disaster which must be stopped.
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