Brook House Immigration Removal Centre

Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is a privately-managed detention centre, operated by G4S on behalf of the Home Office. The centre is in the grounds of Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex. Broker House facility opened in March 2009 as a newly-built facility with a capacity of 448 people, which increased in 2017 to 508. The facility is built to a Category B security level. Brook House is built near to the immigration removal centre at Tinsley House, also at Gatwick and operated by G4S, which opened in May 1996 with a capacity of 153. The facility was built on a similar design to Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre at Heathrow and is intended to provide relatively short-term accommodation for male detainees. " The centre offers a range of activities and facilities for example a gym, multiple courtyards, arts and crafts room, music room, library and computer rooms. In 2010 the Chief Inspector of Prisons Dame Anne Owers declared the facility "fundamentally unsafe" due to bullying, violence, and drugs. Detainees were being held for an average of three months, and at least one man for ten months, in facilities designed for short-term 72-hour stays. A 2017 report showed significant improvement, with Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke stating that staff were to be congratulated. Whilst there was still criticism on the layout and prison-like environment, praises were made for the staff-detainee relationship and facilities available. The overall assessment as of March 2017 was "reasonably good".

Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is a privately-managed detention centre, operated by G4S on behalf of the Home Office. The centre is in the grounds of Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex. Broker House facility opened in March 2009 as a newly-built facility with a capacity of 448 people, which increased in 2017 to 508. The facility is built to a Category B security level. Brook House is built near to the immigration removal centre at Tinsley House, also at Gatwick and operated by G4S, which opened in May 1996 with a capacity of 153. The facility was built on a similar design to Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre at Heathrow and is intended to provide relatively short-term accommodation for male detainees. " The centre offers a range of activities and facilities for example a gym, multiple courtyards, arts and crafts room, music room, library and computer rooms. In 2010 the Chief Inspector of Prisons Dame Anne Owers declared the facility "fundamentally unsafe" due to bullying, violence, and drugs. Detainees were being held for an average of three months, and at least one man for ten months, in facilities designed for short-term 72-hour stays. A 2017 report showed significant improvement, with Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke stating that staff were to be congratulated. Whilst there was still criticism on the layout and prison-like environment, praises were made for the staff-detainee relationship and facilities available. The overall assessment as of March 2017 was "reasonably good".