Detained-Lives-report1
Detained-Lives-report1
Detained-Lives-report1
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Executive summary: wasting lives and money<br />
Introduction<br />
Research aims and methodology<br />
The legal framework of indefinite detention in the UK<br />
A uniquely British practice<br />
The literature on indefinite detention and its alternatives<br />
The inefficiency and failure of indefinite detention – the database research<br />
The human cost of indefinite detention – the detainee interviews<br />
“I’m a human being, I’m not an alien”: the indefinite detainees<br />
“Locked up and the keys are lost”: Ahmed Abu Bakar Hassan’s story<br />
“I just want to live a normal life”: work and destitution in the UK<br />
“I’m doing a life sentence”: indefinite detention without time limits<br />
“Living in the dark”: life detained<br />
“You go crazy here”: psychological deterioration<br />
“The thing is, how long, how long: the impact on personal relationships<br />
”They already made their minds up”: frustration with the bail system<br />
“They know that, I know that, and the judge knows that”: barriers to return<br />
“Don’t talk to me like a number”: communication with the Home Office<br />
“I see blank”: what future<br />
Analysis and conclusions<br />
Recommendations<br />
detained lives: the real cost of indefinite immigration detention<br />
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