Dec 23, 2020 7:17 AM
(Jonathan Henoche via Facebook.)
Officials from all corners are refusing comment on serious charges laid against 10 correctional officers at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s this week.
The uncharacteristic silence stretches from government to the Opposition and even NAPE, the union that represents guards at HMP.
The 10 officers — two women and eight men ranging in age from 28 to 51 — face charges in connection with the death of an Inuk man at the prison last November. Three male guards are charged with manslaughter, while one of them is also accused of failing to provide the necessaries of life. Another five male guards and two female guards face charges of criminal negligence causing death.