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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Middleton

Guards at UK detention centre choked, abused and forced migrants naked from cells

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Officers at a UK detention centre choked, abused and forced migrants naked from their cells amid a “toxic culture” where detainees were mistreated in “prison-like” conditions, a bombshell inquiry has revealed.

An 800-page report into conditions at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in West Sussex found guards used physical violence to “punish” detainees, while “unacceptable, often abusive” behaviour was dismissed as “banter”.

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