Relatives, friends and attorneys-at-law will once again be able to make their appointments and visit inmates in Dodds Prison with immediate effect. That announcement was made by Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams on Monday in a press conference at The Ministry’s Wildey, St Michael headquarters. Abrahams stated that it was a difficult decision to stop visitation rights to the prison but it was forced upon them due to the …
Scores of warders at the adult penal institution at Dodds, St Philip have drawn the ire of their boss after attending a pool party that included ex-inmates, a situation the chief claims breaches the Prison Act and affects their jobs.Sources closely connected to the Barbados Prison Service (BPS) informed Barbados TODAY on Wednesday that as a result, Acting Superintendent DeCarlo Payne started issuing letters of potential disciplinary action to the estimated 40 officers who attended the party, but did not complete the distribution. Investigations revealed that one of the two prison officers who organised the paid social event, went to collect her letter but was informed it had to be re-worded before she could get it. The initial memo signed by Payne, a copy of which has been obtained by Barbados TODAY,