tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2662187083357018785..comments2024-03-29T06:40:58.606+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: A CelebrationJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-74439114686914288922013-12-09T07:52:16.944+00:002013-12-09T07:52:16.944+00:00Lamidi claims that after Tanja, not her real name,...Lamidi claims that after Tanja, not her real name, made her complaint about alleged sexual advances she told police she was targeted by staff. "We were in the canteen. She wanted to fetch water from the drink machine. There were four officers and one of them started to push her. So we started shouting. A couple of days after that they released her," said Lamidi.<br /><br />Three Serco staff have been dismissed over Tanja's allegations, but it is not known if this includes those involved in the alleged canteen incident. Lamidi said that after being interviewed last month by Bedfordshire police over Tanja's claims, the Home Office is trying to deport her.<br /><br />"I am worried that they want to get rid of me because of this," said Lamidi, who has lived in the UK since 2004 and is engaged to a British citizen of Nigerian origin who was born here.<br /><br />Her fiance, Tony Babatunde Adebanjo, from Tottenham, north London, said: "They want to get rid of all the witnesses to the sexual abuse. They are keeping her in Yarl's Wood and because she's a witness they want her out of the country." He said the UK Border Agency had said she could go to Nigeria voluntarily and return on a spouse visa within a few months. The couple were due to marry last Wednesday but officials would not release Lamidi. Lamidi, who has lived in the UK illegally, said: "They say they will give me a spouse visa but they don't put that in writing."Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-44009748559475430482013-12-09T07:50:26.456+00:002013-12-09T07:50:26.456+00:00A witness to an alleged case of sexual misconduct ...A witness to an alleged case of sexual misconduct at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre is being threatened with deportation, provoking fresh claims of a cover-up.<br /><br />Afolashade Lamidi, 40, from Nigeria, alleges she saw a male Serco employee harassing and pushing a female detainee who had lodged a complaint against several guards over allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct.<br /><br />Lamidi claims that an inmate called Tanja was physically targeted and intimidated by staff in the Yarl's Wood canteen and also saw the 23-year-old self-harming. Campaigners claim the Home Office is trying to silence another witness to sex abuse allegations at Britain's largest immigration removal centre for women.<br /><br />Last month, the Observer revealed the case of Sirah Jeng, who alleges she saw a male Serco employee having sexual contact with Tanja but faced being detained and deported before she could testify to police.<br /><br />Anthony Gard, of civil rights group Movement for Justice, said: "We are shocked that the Home Office is harassing and trying to deport yet another witness."<br /><br />On Tuesday, immigration minister Mark Harper and David Wood, the Home Office's director general for immigration enforcement, will be asked by members of the home affairs select committee what they are doing to ensure detainees are not abused.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-10467704815077293012013-12-09T04:09:02.857+00:002013-12-09T04:09:02.857+00:00here we go again, the last 3 sleepless hours befor...here we go again, the last 3 sleepless hours before another week of joy thanks to noms, moj and grayling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-22585119336298746382013-12-08T23:54:57.058+00:002013-12-08T23:54:57.058+00:00I overheard some political journalist on tv today...I overheard some political journalist on tv today, explaining that we really 'should pay MP's decent wages, if we want the best people, and we should put them on a par with a GP (who supposedly is on about £90,000) a year. And if we don't????? well they'll just go and fiddle their expenses, as they did the last time they felt undervalued. That's okay then....rich, morally bankrupt people, who don't actually save lives, nor understand what I do for a living...as a PO, running the country, dismantling public services, usually pulling in more than one wage and if they are dissatisfied, they are somehow justified and excused their illegal behaviour............you just cannot make it up!30 years innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-12199964165858279092013-12-08T23:38:59.334+00:002013-12-08T23:38:59.334+00:00http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/07/wom...http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/07/woman-deportation-harassment-claim<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-48576712625207692772013-12-08T22:55:34.757+00:002013-12-08T22:55:34.757+00:00Its so sad to watch the public sector and probatio...Its so sad to watch the public sector and probation specifically being destroyed. All those good people being treated with such distainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-30971639813059086902013-12-08T20:49:28.497+00:002013-12-08T20:49:28.497+00:00Lets hope soLets hope soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-38669843423762742012013-12-08T20:08:36.224+00:002013-12-08T20:08:36.224+00:00Theres that much sold off to the private sector no...Theres that much sold off to the private sector now there isn't any reason we should have so many MPs anymore anyway. Less and less to govern, but more wages and more holidays? I really do feel we are heading towards civil unrest in the very near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-3902031309819809262013-12-08T18:55:02.350+00:002013-12-08T18:55:02.350+00:00Yup, it would get my vote !Yup, it would get my vote !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-67176264169140234052013-12-08T18:16:28.904+00:002013-12-08T18:16:28.904+00:00good stuff, sir.
On another tack, perhaps we shou...good stuff, sir.<br /><br />On another tack, perhaps we should privatise the role of mp, and save the public the cost and effort of having the smokescreen of an apparent electoral system? Why not have a collection of fat cats who sit around muttering, do the bidding of their shareholders, introduce random policies using gut instinct, line their own pockets, fill their bellies and furnish their mansions, and just tell the civil service where to go and what to do?<br /><br />Wouldn't it just save time and money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com