The three female wards at the Government Industrial School (GIS) in Barrows, St Lucy will be transferred to the Dodds, St Philip location as early as next week.With 95 per cent of the construction work to retrofit the GIS at Dodds to make provisions for the girls completed, interim principal Catherine Jordan said the wards currently housed at Barrows, should be joining their five male counterparts from Monday October 3.“We are trying for Monday, but what we have to complete is to bring the equipment and supplies that are down there [at Barrows] that can be used here. So if there are some air-conditioned units that can be used here, instead of having to buy them, we will bring those.“The kitchen furniture that the girls sit on, we will bring that. So it depends on the next couple of days. We are planning for Monday. We are hoping it works out,” Jordan said.
Outspoken trade unionist Caswell Franklyn is calling for the removal of the entire management team of the Government Industrial School (GIS).He insisted that even as a staff member remains on suspension with full pay pending investigations into reports that two female wards had allegedly ingested harmful substances under her watch earlier this month, the people responsible for spearheading operations at the state-run institution should be given their walking papers.In addition to saying that he was not pleased with the conflicting messages being publicised about the GIS, Franklyn said he was not comfortable with what was happening with the staff and wards.“That place is a hellhole,” he charged, adding that he was familiar with several unpleasant incidents that occurred at the GIS, particularly at the Female Unit in Barrows, St Lucy, over the years.The former Opposition Senator suggested that in order to bring a new lease to the GIS, the staff serving in managerial positions need
Outspoken trade unionist Caswell Franklyn is calling for the removal of the entire management team of the Government Industrial School (GIS).He insisted that even as a staff member remains on suspension with full pay pending investigations into reports two female wards had allegedly ingested harmful substances under her watch earlier this month, the people responsible for spearheading operations at the state-run institution should be given their walking papers.In addition to saying that he was not pleased with the conflicting messages being publicised about the GIS, Franklyn said he was not comfortable with what was happening with the staff and the wards at the reform facility.“That place is a hellhole,” he charged, adding that he was familiar with several unpleasant incidents that occurred at the GIS, particularly at the Female Unit in Barrows, St Lucy, over the years.The former Opposition Senator suggested that in order to bring a new lease to the GIS, the staff serving in mana
Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams is being urged to move the girls at the centre of conflict within the Government Industrial School (GIS) from any “potentially dangerous situations” rather than awaiting a six-week enquiry. Women’s rights advocate and former deputy chairman of the Government Industrial School for girls, Dr Marsha Hinds, said yesterday that the minister had the legal power to act now. Saying she was not …
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