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MIGRANT rights campaigners demanded yesterday that notorious private immigration prison Yarl’s Wood be shut down following a damning report by inspectors.
Activists said they would take action ahead of a September debate in Parliament on jails.
Movement for Justice, which organised a hundreds-strong protest at the centre last weekend, said it would stage more direct action in solidarity with the women banged up inside.
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Despite Labour’s promises to bring things ‘in-house,’ the Justice Secretary has awarded notorious outsourcing outfit Mitie a £329 million contract to run a new prison — despite its track record of abuse and neglect in its migrant facilities, reports SOLOMON HUGHES