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A general view inside Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
THE suicide of a young Polish man at a Home Office detention facility was fuelled by a catalogue of failings from the officers charged with his care, an inquest found today.
Marcin Gwozdzinski, 28, was found hanging in a cell at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow in September 2017.
A jury at West London Coroner’s Court has now probed his death and concluded today that authorities had missed “significant warning signs” and there was a “systemic failure.”
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
PCS members face dangerous working conditions in crumbling buildings while the Common Platform IT system obstructs rather than streamlines operations — and Labour’s promised wave of insourcing has not materialised, writes SHARON McLEAN
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