Indefinite detention and the Yarl's Wood Hunger Strike

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Immigration detention is once more in the news and was debated in Parliament this week, this time because of a hunger strike by women held at Yarls' Wood, the detention centre where abuse by guards was filmed undercover for Channel 4 in 2015.

A guest piece by Alison Harvey featured on The Bar Council website.

https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-centre/bar-blog/contributing-writers/2018/march/guest-blog-indefinite-detention-and-the-yarl's-wood-hunger-strike/

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