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Locals launch protest against plans for new women’s detention centre in County Durham

LOCALS stepped up their campaign against government plans for a new women’s detention centre in County Durham by launching a protest outside the site today. 

Crowds gathered outside the former Hassockfield youth jail and notorious Medomsley detention centre in Consett, where the Home Office wants to create a new immigration removal centre. 

The new facility is expected to hold about 80 women when it opens this autumn. 

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