Leeds coach to Shut Down Morton Hall detention centre
April 28, 2018 @ 10:00 - 16:00
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Leeds No Borders are organising transport to the protest organised by Shut Down Morton Hall
“STOP DEATHS IN DETENTION: SHUT DOWN DETENTION CENTRES”
Shut Down Morton Hall IRC Protest
Saturday 28 April 2018 12pm-3pm
Morton Hall Immigration Detention Centre, Morton Hall Village, Swinderby, LN6 9PT
#SHUTDOWNMORTONHALL is open to all respectful groups and individuals.
There have been FOUR deaths at Morton Hall in a year, the most recent being 38 year old Jamaican man Carlinton Spencer who died on 2nd October and on 19th November the death of 27 year old Iraqi Kurdish man Shadad Zraw Aziz.
Since 2000 the death toll of those who have died in immigration detention or shortly after release stands at 43. (Medical Justice) Morton Hall is run by the Prison Service for the Home Office and can detain 392 people. The Prisons Inspectors on 21 March reported on Morton Hall: “Nearly half the detainees told the inspectors they felt depressed or suicidal on arriving at Morton Hall.”
JOIN US ON 28 APRIL NEXT WITH YOUR BANNERS AND NOISE, TO SURROUND MORTON HALL AND DEMONSTRATE OUR SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE DETAINED THERE.