ABSTRACT
The trend of privatising or contracting out public protection functions to the private security sector was taken yet further under Pt VIII of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, as amended by the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. These provisions concern the private, and direct, management of places of detention for immigration detainees, which were previously governed by delegated legislation under Sched 2 to the Immigration Act 1971. This has now been placed on a full statutory footing, which significantly reflects the relevant measures under the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
