#Derwentside IRC

In its second annual report, published on 17 July 2024, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at Derwentside IRC again highlights the isolated and remote location of the women’s immigration centre, and its inadequate communications infrastructure, as matters of concern. The monitors, who visit the centre every week, report that many of the women detained at Derwentside are vulnerable, and suffering with mental health issues, and yet they are subjected to lengthy and frequent journeys, sometimes at night. The IMB describes this treatment as being, in some respects, inhumane; at the very least it is unequal to the provision for men, as male detention centres are located much closer to principal airports. 

The remote location of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre is unsuitable, and leads to unfair and, in some respects, inhumane treatment of the women held there, many of whom are vulnerable and may have experience of trafficking.