All posts tagged: "Dungavel"
- Nearly four years in detention? At GE2017, it’s time for a time limit
In this blogpost SDV director Kate Alexander looks at the latest detention figures: the last to be released before the General Election Figures released today reveal that…
- I’ll never forget . . .
We asked our visitors to write a few sentences about a memorable experience they had while volunteering with SDV. We asked them to start with…
- Dungavel stays open . . . but there are alternatives
We learned on Friday 3 February that the Home Office would not be appealing Renfrewshire Council’s refusal of planning permission for its proposed Short Term…
- Support our work!
SDV committee member, Sarah Anderson, launches our new fundraising drive I first stepped inside an immigration removal centre ten years ago. At the time I…
- Statement on the announcement that Dungavel is to close
The Home Office announced today that Dungavel will close toward the end of 2017. It also announced plans to open a new 51 bed Short…
- Quarterly musings
In this blog post, SDV director Kate Alexander reflects on what she learns from our visit reports. Every three months, I sit down and compile…
- Drowning in Limbo
In this new post we share a poem from another member of our Life After Detention group, Gry Turin, who like most people who’ve been…
- The immovable chair
SDV volunteer coordinator, Shirley Gillan, blogs about the experience of Ernest who was bailed after being detained in Dungavel Being held in detention shrinks a person’s…
- Too many candles
This piece, by Catrin Evans, a former visitor and chair of SDV, was written for and performed by her at a fundraiser organised by members…
- The price of freedom
This piece, written by former SDV visitor Thom Walker, first appeared on our website in September 2007. It is a vivid reminder of the impacts…