Prisons to gets some attention
Provision has been made in the 2021 Budget for some maintenance and repair work at the two prison facilities here (Belle Isle pictured).
By: Dayle Da Silva•
The prison facilities in Kingstown and Belle Isle are expected to receive some attention this year.
Plans are afoot to effect some much needed electrical, plumbing and structural work at the facilities. Our prison system was the unfortunate focus of attention last year when two dangerous criminals briefly escaped from Her Majesty’s Prisons. They were subsequently reprehended without endangering the public,” Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves said in the 2021 Budget address.
Second prison break a disgrace
Superintendent of Police Timothy Hazelwood, a highly profile member of the SSU, is the new Superintendent of Prisons.
by: Dayle Da Silva•
There should not have been one prison break, much less two. So, if there is a prison break, the Superintendent of Prisons must answer the question: Do you think your position is reasonably tenable if there is a prison break twice in one year of a particular prisoner?” Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said on the National Broadcasting Corporation on December 16.
The Prime Minister was speaking to the issue of the December 9 escape of murder accused Veron Primus and Ulric ‘Chucky’ Hanson from her Majesty’s Prison, Kingstown.
Big changes in leadership at HMP
Superintendent Brenton Charles has been granted early retirement Social Share
Superintendent of Prisons Brenton Charles has been granted early retirement in the wake of last week’s prison break by two men; one of whom had absconded from Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP) in Kingstown for the second time.
Superintendent of Police Timothy Hazelwood is the new man in charge at Her Majesty’s Prisons
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, the minister of National Security addressed the matter very briefly on We FM’s ‘Issues at Hand’ programme on Sunday, where he revealed that the new leadership had already been installed in the Prison.