Observer investigation finds officers without the usual certification used risky restraint techniques at Brook House
didn’t release any detainees through the legal mechanism to identify those at risk of suicide despite guidance permitting this. Instead, when training shortages emerged because of Covid-19, it relied on a loophole quietly introduced to keep officers on duty across the immigration estate after their safe use-of-force training had expired.
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