Inside scorpion-infested hellhole jail where socialite locked up after cop shooting
Wealthy Canadian sociality Jasmine Hartin is accused of killing Superintendent Henry Jemmott in Belize and has now been moved to the country s notorious Central Prison
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Remand inmates rub shoulders with dangerous convicts in the jail (Image: Youtube)
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams held a National Quarterly COMPSTAT session with his Commanders of Regions, Formations and Divisions on Thursday at the National Police Training Academy in Belmopan. It was a meeting of the top commanders from the Belize Police Department that have been held for the last seven years.
Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries along with the Chief Executive Officer were present to observe Senior Police Officers carrying out PowerPoint style presentations, focusing on their district’s three months report cards (January to March 2021) on their operations, major crimes, policing strategies, community policing, administration, supervision and human resources.
While unrest gripped much of Latin America in 2019, it was the coronavirus that took center stage and ripped through the region in 2020, upending everything
Jan 8, 2021
A Media Award Competition
They just released the latest crime statistics for 2020. Now the Belize Crime Observatory wants to recognize outstanding journalists. The media competition is an extension of a data training workshop that the organization held last February. According to Adele Ramos, the Technical Coordinator of the B.C.O., the purpose is to recognize journalists for their work and use of statistical crime data. She shares the details.
Adele Ramos, Technical Coordinator, BCO
“It has really been crafted to recognize the work of journalists here in Belize and the role of the media is very critical in the scheme of things. We talk of a data management cycle and that starts from the gathering of information from the gathering of information by the different entities, the Belize Police Department; the National Forensic Science Service; the Ministry of Health; Central Prison; the Judiciary and all these different entities. But then what happens to