Suicide Attempts in IRCs Reach All time High
There were 393 attempts by Immigration detainees across the detention estate, to self-harm throughout 2015, that is an average of more than one a day. Harmondsworth IRC had the highest number 105 and their were 64 attempts in Yarl’s Wood IRC, The Verne 52, Morton Hall IRC 51.
Two & half thousand (2,597) detainees were on suicide watch during 2015. 11 of these were children detained in The Cedars. Harmondsworth IRC had the highest number 478, Brook House 364, Colnbrook 345, Yarl's Wood 335.
Their were two deaths both males in Immigration detention is 2015, one in The Verne in August and one Yarl’s Wood family unit in April.
Halar and Dover IRC's are now closed
Statistics for the years 2007 through 2014 can be found here . . . .
Number of Incidents of Self-Harm
Requiring Medical Treatment January Through December - 2015 |
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Total |
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
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Apr |
May |
Jun |
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Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
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Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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Quarter 1 |
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Quarter 2 |
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Quarter 3 |
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Quarter 4 |
Brook House |
23 |
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
1 |
4 |
8 |
|
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
10 |
4 |
2 |
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|
|
Campsfield House |
13 |
|
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
4 |
2 |
0 |
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|
Colnbrook |
|
38 |
|
2 |
6 |
6 |
|
4 |
7 |
10 |
|
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
6 |
3 |
1 |
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Dover |
|
26 |
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4 |
3 |
5 |
|
8 |
4 |
2 |
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Closed |
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Dungavel |
|
3 |
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1 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
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Harmondsworth |
105 |
|
20 |
28 |
22 |
|
4 |
8 |
3 |
|
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
10 |
3 |
4 |
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Haslar |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Closed |
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Morton Hall |
|
51 |
|
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
3 |
12 |
|
23 |
9 |
4 |
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|
The Verne |
|
52 |
|
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
7 |
7 |
6 |
|
7 |
4 |
4 |
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
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|
Tinsley House |
|
15 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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|
|
|
Yarl's Wood |
|
64 |
|
4 |
3 |
19 |
|
6 |
2 |
5 |
|
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
16 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larne |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennine House |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cedars |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal |
|
393 |
|
44 |
54 |
62 |
|
20 |
19 |
24 |
|
18 |
17 |
32 |
|
32 |
27 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
160 |
|
63 |
|
67 |
|
75 |
Individuals on Formal Self-Harm at Risk
in Immigration Detention January Through December - 2015 |
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Total |
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
|
Apr |
May |
Jun |
|
Jul |
Aug |
Sept |
|
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brook House |
|
364 |
|
37 |
27 |
32 |
|
21 |
27 |
27 |
|
29 |
31 |
37 |
|
35 |
35 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Campsfield House |
157 |
|
10 |
13 |
17 |
|
22 |
6 |
4 |
|
13 |
16 |
17 |
|
12 |
20 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Colnbrook |
|
345 |
|
23 |
22 |
24 |
|
26 |
24 |
16 |
|
30 |
37 |
44 |
|
28 |
34 |
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dover |
|
59 |
|
13 |
6 |
10 |
|
14 |
7 |
9 |
|
Closed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dungavel |
|
147 |
|
11 |
12 |
18 |
|
9 |
9 |
9 |
|
10 |
16 |
19 |
|
11 |
15 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harmondsworth |
478 |
|
31 |
45 |
26 |
|
24 |
31 |
28 |
|
57 |
51 |
47 |
|
37 |
50 |
51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haslar |
|
28 |
|
6 |
8 |
14 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Closed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morton Hall |
|
252 |
|
18 |
14 |
25 |
|
21 |
6 |
6 |
|
19 |
19 |
35 |
|
32 |
29 |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Verne |
|
269 |
|
23 |
22 |
17 |
|
27 |
25 |
29 |
|
20 |
35 |
13 |
|
24 |
15 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tinsley House |
|
105 |
|
10 |
6 |
21 |
|
5 |
5 |
7 |
|
8 |
10 |
9 |
|
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yarl's Wood |
|
355 |
|
26 |
28 |
44 |
|
34 |
31 |
37 |
|
24 |
21 |
28 |
|
25 |
36 |
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larne |
14 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennine House |
|
13 |
|
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cedars Pre-departure |
11 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
Subtotal |
|
2597 |
|
236 |
232 |
208 |
|
203 |
176 |
175 |
|
210 |
240 |
253 |
|
215 |
249 |
209 |
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