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Female detainees forced to mix with male sex offenders at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre
FEMALE detainees were forced to mix with men with a history of sexual violence in an immigration centre due to Covid restrictions, inspectors found.
Concerns have been raised about Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in Lanarkshire, after women had to be escorted around the site to make sure they were safe from some of the male detainees.
The report said that before the pandemic, these men were held in a separate unit with controlled access to common parts of the centre.
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