[The financial sector may be in decline, but detention centers appear to be a growth industry. Immigration detention systems are still controversial in Australia, Italy, Indonesia, Canada, Canada, and the US, and elsewhere. -jlt]
The new immigration detention centre at Gatwick airport will not be opened until the spring, Corporate Watch has learned. The official opening had been scheduled for February this year but has been delayed for undisclosed reasons. The purpose-built high-security prison, named Brook House, is based on the 'successful' design of Colnbrook detention centre at Heathrow airport. The new detention centre will be run by Global Solution Ltd (GSL), which is now owned by G4S, and will hold up to 426 male and female detainees.
When opened, Brook House will be situated within the boundary fence of Gatwick airport, approximately half a mile from the other existing detention centre at Gatwick, Tinsley House, on the South Perimeter Road. The facility is being developed on behalf of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) by the Airport Property Partnership (APP), a joint venture between the British Airports Authority (BAA), which owns the airport, and Morley Fund Management, an asset management company owned by insurance group Aviva. The arm of BAA which deals with commercial property is BAA Lynton, which obtained the planning permission for the building of the detention centre on behalf of the APP, as they did with Tinsley House.
| ...the Independent Monitoring Boards said in their 2007 annul report that the 'reception area' in Tinsley House, a small and inhospitable cell-like room, "remains a threatening environment for children." |
When opened, Brook House will be situated within the boundary fence of Gatwick airport, approximately half a mile from the other existing detention centre at Gatwick, Tinsley House, on the South Perimeter Road. The facility is being developed on behalf of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) by the Airport Property Partnership (APP), a joint venture between the British Airports Authority (BAA), which owns the airport, and Morley Fund Management, an asset management company owned by insurance group Aviva. The arm of BAA which deals with commercial property is BAA Lynton, which obtained the planning permission for the building of the detention centre on behalf of the APP, as they did with Tinsley House.
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