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IMB members are independent, unpaid and work an average of 2-3 visits per month. Their role is to monitor the day-to-day life in their local prison or removal centre and ensure that prisoners and detainees are treated fairly and humanely. To see a map of prison establishments use the Prison Finder
Read more about usIMB members are independent, unpaid and work an average of 2-3 visits per month. Their role is to monitor the day-to-day life in their local prison or facility in the immigration detention estate and ensure that prisoners and detained individuals are treated fairly and humanely.
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People still confined in vehicles for hours
In its 2021 annual report, published today, the IMB’s Charter Flight Monitoring Team (CFMT) focuses on the inhumanity of confining people in vehicles for very long periods as they are transferred from immigration removal centres to the planes that will remove them from the UK. In each of its annual reports for 2019 and 2020, … Read more >
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Gatwick IRC 2021 annual report published
The Gatwick IRC 2021 annual report is now published
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IMB welcomes developments, but again raises concern about foreign national prisoners detained beyond their sentences
Publishing its annual report for 2021, when HMP Huntercombe was under a restricted regime because of Covid-19, the IMB at HMP Huntercombe welcomes progress in relation to phones and resettlement work, but continues to express concern about the number of foreign national prisoners who remain at Huntercombe after completing their sentences. In its annual … Read more >