Brook House Immigration Removal Centre

Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is a privately managed detention center, operated by G4S on behalf of the Home Office. The centre is on the grounds of Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex.

The facility opened in March 2009[1] as a newly-built facility with a capacity of 448 people, which increased in 2017 to 508. It's built to a Category B security level. Brook House is built near to the immigration removal centre at Tinsley House, also at Gatwick and operated by G4S, which opened in May 1996 with a capacity of 153.[2] The facility was built on the similar design of Colnbrook immigration removal centre at Heathrow and provides relatively short term accommodation for male detainees."[3]

In 2010 the Chief Inspector of Prisons Dame Anne Owers declared the facility fundamentally unsafe due to bullying, violence, and drugs. Detainees were being held for an average of three months, and at least one man for ten months, in facilities designed for short-term 72-hour stays.[4]

However the newest report on the detention centre showed significant improvement, Brook House immigration removal centre had made clear improvements, and staff are to be congratulated, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Whilst there was still criticism on the layout and prison like environment praises were made for the staff-detainee relationship and facilities available. The overall assessment as of March 2017 was "reasonably good".[5]

The centre offers a range of activities and facilities for example a gym, multiple courtyards, arts and crafts room, music room, library and computer rooms.

References

  1. ↑ "Illegal immigrant centre opened". BBC News. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Accommodation Services". G4S United Kingdom. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "IRC Brook House – Immigration Removal Centres". Inside Time. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Travis, Alan (12 July 2010). "Gatwick deportation centre 'not safe'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Brook House Immigration Removal Centre – clear improvements". HM Inspectorate of Prisons. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

Coordinates: 51°08′46″N 0°11′23″W / 51.146102°N 0.189690°W / 51.146102; -0.189690

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