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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Children held unnecessarily at Yarl's Wood - inspector

Children held unnecessarily at Yarl's Wood - inspector

An inspection report on Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre has sharply criticised the detention of children.



Chief prisons inspector Dame Anne Owers said some children were held at the Bedfordshire centre unnecessarily, with little consideration for their welfare.

And the report revealed that half were later released rather than deported.

Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said the alternative to detention was putting children into care and separating them from their families.

The report comes as lawyers prepare a legal challenge to detention, following weeks of protests at the centre.

Yarl's Wood is the main removal centre holding women and families who are facing deportation.

There have been almost two months of protests at the centre, including occupations of corridors while some women have refused food.
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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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