A whistleblower has described the “toxic culture” among staff at a detention centre now the focus of a public inquiry into abuse allegations.
Callum Tulley said he was so shocked by the treatment and behaviour of staff towards detainees at Brook House that he was ready to quit his job but he decided to report what he had seen to the BBC’s Panorama programme instead.
The inquiry is looking at events at the site, located near Gatwick Airport, between April and August 2017.
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In September that year, Panorama broadcast undercover footage showing alleged assaults, humiliation and verbal abuse of detainees by officers at the then G4S-run site.
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Ten members of staff were dismissed or resigned in the wake of the programme.
No prosecutions were brought after a police investigation, but two former detainees successfully argued a full independent investigation was needed.
Mr Tulley was 18 when he started work at Brook House in January...
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