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The derelict Somerset facility has been transformed into a state-of-the-art centre for those facing mental health illness challenges

In the second of a series of profiles to mark Nurses Month, Cecille Snaith-Simmons tells the story of Edward Dyer, Bermuda’s first male nurse Edward Dyer was one of seven children born to Kathlyn Dyer and Leslie Dyer, a well-respected electrical...

A woman who admitted breaking out of the Co-Educational facility was remanded into Drug Treatment Court yesterday. Marissa Ratteray, 59, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an escape of lawful custody. The incident took place on October 21 in St...

A female inmate who escaped from the Co-Educational Facility was traced and returned to lock-up, a spokeswoman for the national security ministry said yesterday. She added that the prisoner went missing on Thursday morning, which triggered a joint se...

A hunt has been launched for a new head of the prison service. The Commissioner of Corrections post was advertised three and a half years after Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Lamb, the last permanent commissioner, was seconded to the National Anti-Money ...

Security breaches at Westgate remained a “grave concern” in the latest annual report on the treatment of offenders, the Minister of National Security said yesterday. Renee Ming told the House of Assembly that there continued to be problems with the ...

Five prison inmates have been awarded their GEDs in a ceremony held at the Co-Educational Facility. Daymon Simmons, Dion Cholmondeley, Detré Ford, André Richardson and Mikiel Thomas all successfully completed the GED programme. Mr Simmons also succes...

Nineteen prison officers have been promoted. Keeva-Mae Joell-Benjamin, the Acting Commissioner of Corrections, congratulated the officers for reaching “this significant professional milestone”. She added the changes, the first for four years, were a...

A charity took its support sessions behind bars to help women in prison learn how to cope with life outside. The Women’s Resource Centre teamed up with Tina Laws Consulting to deliver their first programme designed to equip inmates with the skills an...

A suspected mould outbreak at the Co-Ed prison facility in St George’s is under investigation, with sources telling The Royal Gazette the situation is causing sickness for officers and inmates alike. “The conditions are terrible — they have been work...