Friends oppose detention centre plans

Friends in Oxford have joined others in expressing concern over plans for a local detention centre

by Tara Craig 21st November 2014

Headington and Oxford Friends were among twenty-one signatories to a letter expressing concerns about government plans for the expansion of a local detention centre.

The planned expansion of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre involves building a three-storey block, to prison standards, on the same site. This would double the centre’s capacity.