2SER interview: Handcuffing in Australian immigration detention

PIAC’s work with people in immigration detention shows the overuse of handcuffs is preventing people in onshore immigration detention from getting medical treatment. 

Senior Solicitor Jonathan Hall-Spence told 2SER about our concerns and why we are raising them with the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture ahead of a visit to Australia by committee members this month.

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