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In a statement made by the chief inspector of prisons in the U.K., he blamed the privately run immigration detention centre at Heathrow for the shocking loss of humanity after a critically ill Canadian man was kept in handcuffs until he died in hospital. According to him, the staff overlooked the doctor’s report that clearly mentioned that the 84-year-old was unfit for detention or deportation and in need of social care.
In his remarks, the chief inspector, Nick Hardwick, pointed out that he came across at least two such instances where staff at the Geo-run Harmondsworth immigration removal centre was found to have unnecessarily handcuffed elderly, vulnerable and incapacitated detainees in what he called “an excessive and shocking manner”. He explained that the two men were so ill that one died shortly after his handcuffs were removed, while the other, 84-year-old Alois Dvorzac, passed away while he was still restrained.
Hardwick alleged that the security procedures at the immigration removal centre, equipped to house more than 600 male detainees, lacked proportionality. He mentioned that “Segregation was being used excessively and was not in line with the detention centre rules.” It was added that “disturbingly, a lack of intelligent individual risk assessment has meant that most detainees were handcuffed on escort.” He described the use of handcuffs at Harmondsworth as “grossly excessive.” In addition to these two instances, chief inspector also pointed out several other cases in which detainees were assessed as low risk but still kept in handcuffs before they were taken to appointments outside the centre.
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