Blackout Campsfield

On Saturday 25tb March, people took down the main electric supply cables at Campsfield Detention Centre, Kidlington near Oxford. The aim was to cause major inconvenience to the running of the private detention centre. Safety precautions were taken because of the very high voltage involved and no injuries resulted.

Unfortunately the cables refused to snap, despite the pole holding them up being destroyed. The lights didn't go out during the action, but the electricity supply will have to be shut off to enable the thousand's of pounds of damage to be repaired.

Campsfield House holds around 200 men, most of whom are political refugees. It is run for profit, as a high security prison, by Group 4, on behalf of the Immigration Service. People are being held without charge, without time limit, without proper reasons given and without decent access to legal representation. An Amnesty International report says that these are breaches of internationally recognised human rights.