A total of 19 incidents of mistreatment took place at the detention centre near Gatwick Airport in West Sussex in five months.
Brook House has been at the centre of an inquiry into mistreatment of detainees
She said her 33 recommendations must be implemented “to ensure that other detained people do not suffer in the same way as those at Brook House did”. A lawyer representing people who were held at Brook House had told the inquiry it should be shut down, but Ms Eves stopped short of calling for it to close.
Ms Eves referred to one Home Office manager who had told the inquiry that if someone spent more than 24 hours at Brook House “you’re going to develop mental health issues”, adding “it’s not a nice place to be”.
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