Self Harm in Immigration Detention - January 2011 to December 2011


Self-Harm in Immigration detention October/November/December 2011

29 instances of self-harm requiring medical treatment in Q4       491 instances of detainees placed on self-harm at risk in Q4

[ For the twelve months Jan to December 2011 there were 156 detainees who required medical attention for Self-Harm. This compares with 183 in 2010.

For the twelve months Jan to December 2011 there were 1,695 detainees adjudged to be 'as having a risk of self-harm'. This compares with 1,467 in 2010 an increase of 15.5%.]

'No-Deportations' requested information regarding self-harm in immigration detention in Quarter 4

FOI response
Your request falls to be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You have asked for figures on self-harm in immigration detention between October and December 2011 inclusive, under the following headings:

1. Number of individuals on formal self - harm at risk.  2. Number of Incidents of self -harm requiring medical treatment.  3. Number of deaths if any.

In Campsfield House, Brook House, Colnbrook, Dover, Dungavel, Harmondsworth, Haslar, Lindholme, Morton Hall, Tinsley House, Yarl's Wood IRC's and any Short Term Hold Centres.

The data requested on self-harm is detailed in the tables below; it is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.

There have been no deaths in any of the removal centres and Short Term Holding Facilities (STHFs) during this period.

All data below response to 'Freedom of Information Request"
 
Number of incidents of Self-Harm requiring medical attention
          Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11   Oct Nov Dec
Total
Brook House 41 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 2   4 3 4
Campsfield House 9 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0   0 0 0
Colnbrook 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1   0 0 0
Dover 43 8 6 4 1 5 1 1 4 1   8 4 0
Dungavel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Harmondsworth 24 0 13 1 8 0 1 0 1 0   0 0 0
Haslar 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0   0 0 0
Lindholme 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0   0 0 0
Morton Hall 9 N/A N/A N/A 0 0 1 0 1 1   0 3 3
Tinsley House 16 0 2 2 4 3 2 1 0 2   0 0 0
*Yarl's Wood 60 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5   5 5 5
Subtotal 156 13 28 11 18 15 10 11 14 7   12 10 7
1st Quarter 67 2nd Quarter 57   3rd Quarter 47 4th Quarter 44
*Misleading Figures About Self-Harm in Yarl's Wood
[Home Office gave misleading figures about Self -Harm in Yarl's Wood in 2011. Replies to Freedom of information requests by 'No-Deportations at the time said there has only one incident of Self-Harm in Yarl's Wood. On Tuesday 4th March 'No-Deportations received a follow up letter from "Immigration Enforcement', which said: "Between April 2011 and February 2012 you made four separate Freedom of Information requests under the above references in which you asked for information on incidents of self-harm in immigration detention in 2011. In our responses we advised you that there was a total of one incident of self-harm that required medical attention at Yarl's Wood IRC in 2011. This figure was incorrect and the correct figure for 2011 was sixty. We would like to apologise for this oversight and ensure you that our original reply was based on the data provided to us at the time and was in no way meant to mislead you."] The original total for all Self-Harm in 2011 was 156, with the correction the real figure was 215. As we do not have the month by month breakdown, we have added 5 for each month.
Individuals on Formal Self-Harm at Risk in Immigration Detention 2011
         Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11   Oct Nov Dec
Total
Brook House 277 20 20 26 30 14 19 13 16 28   37 25 29
Campsfield House 132 16 11 11 8 7 10 7 12 11   15 13 11
Colnbrook 320 25 20 26 24 29 37 36 29 28   19 21 26
Dover 77 8 9 4 3 2 4 8 11 5   9 8 6
Dungavel 104 8 8 14 7 8 9 12 12 9   6 6 5
Harmondsworth 323 24 30 31 18 16 33 36 27 23   27 22 36
Haslar 27 0 2 3 1 2 5 4 3 2   3 1 1
Lindholme 18 1 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 2   2 2 2
Morton Hall 99 N/A N/A N/A 0 0 6 1 11 17   15 17 32
Tinsley House 103 1 9 10 9 6 9 11 3 6   8 14 17
Yarl's Wood 215 12 23 29 24 12 16 15 10 18   17 14 25
Subtotal 1695 115 134 154 124 97 151 145 135 149   158 143 190
     1st Quarter 403              2nd Quarter372                            3rd Quarter 429                               4th Quarter 491        

 

Last updated 13 March, 2015