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The System

Grime, rap

Music In Detention believes that working through music can give immigration detainees a powerful way to voice their feelings, concerns and hopes. We also believe that music can help break down barriers of prejudice about immigration and asylum, so we work with communities local to detention centres to create music in response to detainees and their stories. We've been bringing expert musicians into centres since 2005. Each year we involve around 2,500 detainees and 200 community participants, in over 200 workshops and produce up to eight CDs of new music.

Special Commendation for Music In Detention in Royal Society for Public Health Arts & Health Awards 2013

Video

Watch ‘Human' performed at the massed sing for the Brighton Street Choirs Festival, 30 June 2018

Feature

Let’s press play for people held indefinitely at Gatwick

27 November sees the launch of our first ever crowdfunding campaign with a goal to raise £7,931 to help press play for people being held at Gatwick Immigration Removal Centre.