Harms of detention: what safeguarding concerns do visitors come across in detention?
Deteriorating mental healthWorsening of pre-existing health needsTrauma and mental health conditions that are common in detentionFailures in continuity of careMistreatment and abuseDisbeliefSuicidal thoughts and self-harmSurvivors of torture, human trafficking and modern slaveryPeople who lack decision-making capacityAge disputed childrenHunger strikes (food/ fluid refusal)
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