Detaining someone indefinitely - without a time limit - creates intense anxiety and uncertainty that causes even greater harm.
The first step towards ending the harm of unjust detention is to introduce a time limit.
Rates of depression, anxiety and PTSD are twice as high among people in detention as for those who immigration cases are resolved in the community.
Immigration detention is not a form of criminal punishment, but detention centres look and operate like prisons. In most cases, people are held in small cells with barred windows, where they are locked in for up to 12 hours a day.
In September 2023, a major public inquiry revealed horrific abuse by staff against people held at the Brook House detention centre. 19 incidents of abuse were so severe, they likely violate laws forbidding torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.
This public inquiry called for a 28 day time limit on detention.
Every day, we are seeing conditions in detention deteriorate. Health and support services are straining to meet demand. We have received numerous reports of hunger strikes, incidents of self-harm and attempted suicides.
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