Immigration detention centre of ‘untold suffering’ to close
Morton Hall in Lincolnshire is set to return to its original use as a prison next year
A general view of Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre, near, Swinderby, Lincolnshire
AN IMMIGRATION detention centre which caused “untold suffering” to its detainees, including four who died in the space of a year, is set to close.
Morton Hall in Swinderby, Lincolnshire, will return to its original use as a prison next year, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Those being held there will be transferred to other detention centres in the coming months.
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