In The Press

Lottie Hume, Public Law caseworker at Duncan Lewis, writes for The Justice Gap about the Home Office’s failings concerning the treatment of detainees in immigration detention centre Brook House. Lottie discusses the Panorama led exposé which revealed the inhumane treatment inflicted on detainees in Brook House. Duncan Lewis represents a number of detainees who support the findings which includes the practice of locking detainees in their cells for extended periods of time without access to sanitary facilities, as well as being subject to overcrowded cells and the use of segregation. Lottie writes: ‘An individual raising a concern in Brook House is unlikely to be listened to. But there is weight in their collective voices. Detainees have lodged a High Court challenge to the lock-in regimes and the appalling living conditions. The Home Office has no choice but to listen.’