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Prison and immigration detention volunteer vacancies

Thank you to everyone who applied for a role monitoring across the prison or immigration detention estate on an Independent Monitoring Board.  The application period has now closed, and we will begin screening your applications shortly. If you applied, expect to hear from us within the next week with further details about the next steps and timeline.

If you didn’t apply this time but are interested in future opportunities, keep an eye out for our next recruitment campaign in early 2025. We appreciate your continued interest in this hugely rewarding role.

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Find a volunteering vacancy near you

See a list of prisons in England and Wales

See a list of immigration detention facilities across the UK

Immigration Detention Facilities

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in Immigration Removal Centres and Short-Term Holding Facilities.

North West England

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside.

North East England & Yorkshire

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in County Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire

East Midlands

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire & Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire.

West Midlands

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.

Wales

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in North Wales and South Wales.

East of England

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

London, South & South East England

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in Buckinghamshire, London, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex and East Sussex.

South West England

Find IMB volunteering vacancies in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire & Somerset, and Wiltshire.

If there are no open campaigns near you right now, you can register your interest in volunteering. We’ll contact you when a prison or immigration detention facility near you is next recruiting.

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