The head of two G4S-run detention centres has been placed on administrative leave after a series of scandals, the Guardian has learned. G4S is believed to have placed Ben Saunders on leave from his role in charge of Brook House and Tinsley House immigration removal centres (IRCs) after an undercover Panorama exposed abuse of detainees there. A G4S source at managerial level told the Guardian: “Senior managers were called to a meeting yesterday and told Saunders was put on leave”. The Guardian revealed this week that both detention centres appeared to make larger profit margins than that agreed with the Home Office. It is my job to take Brook House, and the rest of my business, through this.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2017 15:14 UTC