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Day 43 Hearing – AM Session

01/04/2022
10:00 am

This session heard evidence from Steve Hewer, of Serco.

This was an in-person hearing and was also streamed live on the Brook House Inquiry YouTube Channel.

Documents

IMB000202_005-006_010-011_013_032 IMB - Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at Brook House IRC ( For reporting year 1 January - 31 December 2020) – 01 MAY 2021
INQ000186_009-010 Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre NAO Report – 7 JULY 2016
LIB000176_001-003_018-020 Serco - Gatwick Use of Force Report – Nov 2020
SER000023_001_014-015 Serco - Proposal for developing Positive Detention Culture with Gatwick IRC – 27 NOV 2020
SER000041_001-005 Serco Gatwick IRC - Healthy Staff Culture Standard Operating Procedure – 15 JAN 2021
SER000226_203_210-211_214-215 SSHD & Serco Limited - Services Agreement - Gatwick Estate IRC and PDA Contract – 18 FEB 2020
SER000451 Witness Statement of Steven Hewer - 18 MAR 2022
Brook House Inquiry Day 43 Transcript

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Brook House Inquiry Day 43 Live Stream AM 1 APR 2022

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Day 43 Hearing – AM Session

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