Consolidating the detention system ............................................................................................ 82 Whitewashing violence............................................................................................................ 84 Expanding controls ............................................................................................................... 88 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 91 Chapter 3: Building the modern Greek detention estate (2010-2017) ................................. 93 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 93 The scaffolding of a humanitarian crisis (2010-2015) ............................................................ 95 Action plans to deal with a constructed crisis .............................................................................. 96 Making migrant lives unlivable ............................................................................................ 102 A humanitarian turn (2015)................................................................................................. 112 Immigration detention during a refugee crisis ..................................................................... 115 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 121 Chapter 4. Guarding and Monitoring Immigration Detention ........................................ 123 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 123 Police officers as stakeholders in detention ......................................................................... 126 Guarding detention ............................................................................................................. 129 I’m not racist. Ok? ............................................................................................................. 131 Resilient detention: International human rights organisations’ monitoring .......................... 134 Preventing human rights violations in detention: ‘A gentlemen’s agreement’ ....................... 138 History ............................................................................................................................. 142 Funding and capacity........................................................................................................... 143 Trust and methodology ......................................................................................................... 144 Impact and transparency....................................................................................................... 147 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 149 Chapter 5. The climate of fear: Secrets, silences and complicities between state and nonstate actors ............................................................................................................................ 151 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 151 Service provision and challenges of/in detention ................................................................ 154 Foreign bodies .................................................................................................................... 157 Humanitarianism without humanity ....................................................................................... 159 Documenting abuses ............................................................................................................ 161 Getting out of detention ........................................................................................................ 164 Shame and burn out ............................................................................................................ 167 Medical and carceral power ................................................................................................... 170 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 172 3