Handcuffs, hallucinations and riot squads: Inside the UK’s most notorious immigration detention centre
Brook House near Gatwick airport was the subject of an independent inquiry after G4S guards were filmed abusing detainees in 2017. Now, The Independent has obtained stark written accounts from officers at the site that reveal chaotic conditions in which restraint and force are being used against vulnerable migrants – as campaigners warn of ‘widespread failures’. Home affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft reports