Section two Focus on detention issues NPM members have noted cases where immigration detainees held under IS91 powers have been isolated for three to four days awaiting transfer to an IRC. Police detainees, if arrested over weekends, might be detained for longer than normal periods while waiting for a court appearance. Case study: 45 hours isolation during pre‑trial detention A 19-year-old man was arrested at 11.58am on Tuesday and charged the following morning. He was ready for court at 12.45pm on Wednesday, and papers were faxed to the court at 13.23pm. He was eventually taken to court at 10.10am on Thursday, after 45 hours in custody. During this 45-hour period he had a 45-minute police interview, a 20-minute interview with his solicitor and had been brought out to the custody desk to be charged. Apart from this he had spent the entire time in his cell, with no exercise or shower (although the latter was offered). There was an old magazine in his cell which he had been given to pass the time. The detainee would have been visited every 60 minutes (a look through the hatch and maybe a few words). Case study: 28 hours isolation under immigration powers This timeline illustrates the time that one IS91 detainee spent in police custody. 09.12: arrested 10.10: authorised and rights and entitlements explained to detainee in Arabic via telephone interpreting service 10.18: health care requested 10.50: detainee waited at the ‘bridge’ to see health care, rather than being placed in cell 10.57: detainee given food and drink 11.49: detainee taken to medical room for approximately 15 minutes before returning to cell 12.32: removed from cell to speak to solicitor on telephone (with interpreter) in the consultation room 12.56: following advice from solicitor claimed political asylum 14.00: detainee provided with meal in his cell 17.12: IS91 served at booking-in desk via telephone interpreting service 22.44: detainee allowed of out his cell to wash his hands and face 05:30: woken up and given hot drink, halal food and biscuits, a copy of the Qur’an and a prayer mat 08.32: given a hot drink but refused food 14.00 (approx): transferred to IRC Total time: circa 28 hours. 43