Process: To provide instructions and guidance for all staff in the immigration detention estate or escorting services on whistleblowing procedures. (‘Staff’ are defined as any individual employed or contracted to provide services within the immigration detention estate and/or during escorting to or from establishments within the estate.)
Implementation date: July 2020.
Review date: July 2022.
Version: 1.0.
For action: All staff (as defined) operating in immigration removal centres, short-term holding facilities, pre-departure accommodation, short-term holding facilities at sea/airports and reporting centres, or providing escort services to or from those establishments. Although establishments run by HMPPS on behalf of the Home Office (Morton Hall IRC) are covered by separate prison service advice (Counter Corruption and Reporting Wrongdoing Policy Framework, Home Office staff in those establishments should follow this guidance and, as a general rule, Home Office staff must follow Home Office guidance.
For information: Home Office caseworkers and Prison Operations and Prosecutions (POP) teams in prisons. Border Force staff who manage non-residential STHFs at sea/airports should also follow this guidance.
Author and unit: Frances Hardy, Corporate Operations and Oversight Team.
Owner: Alan Gibson, Head of Detention Operations.
Contact point: Shadia Ali.
Processes affected:
Assumptions: All staff will...
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