Why I’m on hunger strike at Yarl’s Wood this #IWD
Over 120 women incarcerated in the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre are on hunger strike over the conditions of their detention. One of them left the following message.
Yarl's Wood Detainee
The Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is an overwhelmingly women's detention facility in Bedfordshire, England. Since it's opening in 2001, its history has been mired by allegations of physical and sexual abuse of detainees. In February 2018, 120 women held up in Yarl's Wood went on hunger strike over detention conditions.