Immigration removal centre

just another name for a prison?

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Authors

  • Gustavo Henrique Holanda Dias Kershaw University of Edinburgh

Keywords:

Border Criminology, Immigration, Immigration Removal Centre, IRC

Abstract

The United Kingdom (UK) has nine places of confinement dedicated for the expulsion of immigrants. Last official figures show that there were more than one thousand people in these facilities. Previous research shows that more than half are eventually released back into the community in the UK and their detention had served no purpose. This paper intends to look at the nature of the Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs), discuss a new field in criminology that is dedicated to studies on immigration criminalisation, and briefly explain the UK’s policy on immigration and the IRCs. The methodology used for this investigation is a wide range of articles on the subject, that are focused on the immigration centers in the United Kingdom. The article concludes by the need for criminological investigation to focus on the points of intersection between punishment and immigration, criminal law, and immigration law. 

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Author Biography

Gustavo Henrique Holanda Dias Kershaw, University of Edinburgh

M.Sc Criminology and Criminal Justice (University of Edinburgh). Honorary Research Fellow (University of London, Birkbeck). Lecturer in Penal Process (UNINASSAU/Recife). Public Prosecutor (Brazil).  

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Published

2024-07-26

How to Cite

Holanda Dias Kershaw, G. H. (2024). Immigration removal centre: just another name for a prison?. Boletim IBCCRIM, 31(364), 25–27. Retrieved from https://publicacoes.ibccrim.org.br/index.php/boletim_1993/article/view/1587

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 364 (2023): Boletim IBCCRIM - Março

Section

Doutrina

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