Guard tells of toxic and racist culture at G4S Gatwick immigration removal centre

Inquiry into events in 2017 hears how Brook House officers radicalised' into racists

A whistleblower guard who worked at the controversial immigration detention centre Brook House, has told a public inquiry into abuses there that staff were radicalised" into being racist because of a toxic culture.

The public inquiry was launched after a BBC Panorama programme in September 2017 used undercover filming to expose a culture of abuse and humiliation of immigration detainees at the Home Office removal centre near Gatwick, run by the contractor G4S.