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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.”
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
