Lindholme Detention centre is a wing of HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, run by the prison service. It holds up to 112 men aged 21 and over.

A prison inspector’s report in April 2003 revealed that staff routinely imposed random strip-searches after visits. Detainees are also strip-searched on admission to the detention centre as a matter of routine, without any reason given.

Staff at this former prison treat detainees as offenders, rather than recognising that they have not been convicted of any crime. There is a prison atmosphere, with detainees being made to wear prison clothes. Their own money is withheld from them, and channelled into prison-like “incentive schemes”.

The report describes poor food, heating and healthcare, and intimidation and hostility. Detainees there do not feel safe.

Since the beginning of 2004 noise demos have been held as part of an ongoing campaign to provide solidarity to those detained within Lindholme, and migrants everywhere.

To see reports of a previous action, visit http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2004/01/284673.html

To contact the campaign email lindholme@veggies.org.uk