Children held unnecessarily at Yarl’s Wood – inspector
By Dominic Casciani
BBC News 25/03/2010
An inspection report on Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre has sharply criticised the detention of children.
Chief prisons inspector Dame Anne Owers said some children were held at the Bedfordshire centre unnecessarily, with little consideration for their welfare.
And the report revealed that half were later released rather than deported.
Immigration Minister Phil [...]