Dover Immigration Removal Centre

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The Western Heights on which the Centre is situated has been a fortified area since Roman times. The present buildings occupy the site of fortifications commenced in Napoleonic times to counter the threat of a French invasion. The fortress was converted into a prison in 1952. In 1957 Dover become a Borstal. It continued to hold young offenders as a Borstal, YCC and YOI until April 2002, when it was re-designated as an Immigration Removal Centre operating under Detention Centre Rules 2001.
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Coordinates:   51°7'3"N   1°17'45"E

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  • As Borstals went,it wasn't a bad place,though PE on the square, first thing in the morning,in the middle of winter came as a bit of a shock.
  • I remember the bitter icy winter the 6 o'clock am roll call the marching the fighting the work detail the exercise the screws... Blinding place to be lol
  • Spent over a year in the place in 1976 after being transferred from an open borstal....
  • I was there in 1975/6 circuit training was a killer especially if you got caught cheating sad to leave in the end made some great friends in there.
  • Susser Powell smoking his pipe in deal house, the man never missed a trick, I was there 77/78 loved it.
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