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Detention services order 05/2018 about Home Office policy on detainees having mobile phones and cameras in removal centres.
Detention services order 04/2016 about internet access for detainees.
Detention Services Order 08/2025 about procedures of managing detained individuals who have been assessed as posing risk of escaping, absconding from detention.
Detention services order 06/2026 provides guidance on hospital inpatient admissions for people detained under immigration powers.
Guidance on what to do if your application for an account is declined or if your account is closing because you are in the UK illegally.
Detention services order 12/2012 about identifying and assessing the risk of a detainee seriously assaulting another.
Detention services order 07/2013 on the welfare provision in immigration removal centres (IRCs).
Detention services order 05/2016 about Home Office policy on pregnant women in detention.
Detention services operating standards manual for immigration service removal centres.
Detention services order 09/2014 explaining procedures for medical emergency response codes.
Interim operational instruction 01/2025 about the care and management of transgender individuals in the immigration removal estate.
Detention services order 19/2012 about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in detention.
Detention services order 01/2022 about the care and management of individuals under the assessment care in detention and teamwork (ACDT) processes.
A redacted version of the Home Office manual for escorting safely (HOMES).
Immigration staff guidance on Operation Innerste, a multi agency operation focused on safeguarding unaccompanied migrant children in the UK.
Detention services order 05/2013 on using profits from shops in immigration removal centres and other facilities.
Detention services order 02/2020 on investigations into incidents that happen in detention.
Detention services order 06/2016 about women in immigration detention.
How employers can avoid unlawful discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.
Detention services order 09/2007 about escorting detained individuals with cash.
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