Title:TOUR OF THE NEW INTERNEE DETENTION FACILITIES AT BASRA AIR STATION, 20 APRIL 2007 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 919
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Warrant Officer 1st Class Jason Hutchinson, part of the Custodial Team of HQ Provost Marshal, gives a guided tour of the Divisional Internment Facility (DIF), a purpose-built internment facility at COB (the Contingency Operating Base at Basra Air Station). This had recently been completed, and was built to replace the outmoded facilities at Shaibah Logistics Base.
Description: START 00:00:00 Personnel wait to commence filming. Cameraman's watch is shown; time 14:53.
00:00:18 WO1 Jason Hutchinson introduces himself.
00:00:55 The "vehicle airlock", an open paddock just inside the unit through which the (handcuffed and goggled) internees would be brought.
00:01:27 Initial reception area with ten partitioned concrete seats for prisoners to sit while waiting to be processed.
00:02:10 One of the two areas where prisoners will be searched and property is logged. Explanation of procedures carried out during the processing of detainees.
00:03:20 Medical facilities next door to the field hospital on the COB.
00:03:55 Corridor in processing unit, where internees will be accommodated (ten single cells and one five-man cell).
00:04:46 Interior of one of the single cells, with bed plinth, toilet, large window and air conditioning unit; there is also a panic alarm button.
00:06:09 Corridor of the interview area.
00:06:35 Interior of one of the two interview rooms where the internee "will be questioned about the reasons for his internment" with an interviewer and interpreter.
00:07:05 Back in the corridor, the layout is explained, including offices and male/female toilets, plus a rest area (with beds) for guards.
00:08:02 Interior of one of the four recreation rooms (currently empty apart from a small television); this will be equipped with rugs and treadmill and will also be used as a prayer area.
00:09:57 External exercise area (Category D), protected by high mesh fences and double concertina wire. Two members of the Royal Engineers are raking sand in the background.
00:10:55 Exterior of the visitors' entrance (each internee can have two two-hour visits per week).
00:11:44 Gate of visitor's entrance where initial searches of visitors will be taken and processed; the procedures are explained.
00:12:20 Main visitors' entrance doors and ablutions inside the detention facility. Walk-through into the large visitor hall with a raised podium to allow observation. (Also a facility available for closed visits, not shown.)
00:14:00 Back in the yard, WO1 Hutchinson discusses the training of the guards to respect cultural differences.
00:14:35 Exterior of one of the twenty three-man cells where the Category A and B prisoners will be held; each cell has a small verandah area. Inside the cell are three bed plinths, toilet, window. air-con and panic button.
00:17:00 Ablution block inside the Category A and B compound, with wash basins, showers and toilets.
00:17:57 The Category D Compound, with five ten-man cells and a verandah with integral ablutions block.
00:18:25 The Category C compound, with two cell areas, also with a verandah with integral ablutions.
00:18:56 Interior of one of the Category C cells, where there are 15 bed plinths.
00:19:21 Exterior of segregation unit where violent or disorderly detainees would be housed under exceptional circumstances.
00:20:21 Wide view of the "vehicle airlock" area from viewing position in Tower 1, one of the eight sangar facilities at the unit. Camera pans to show other facilities and the interior of the sangar. WO1 discusses the facility as a whole and the thinking behind the planning of the facility.
END 00:23:26
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 919
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2007-04-20
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Tilly, Ross (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 23 mins
