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On Friday (29 March), the Department of Corrections celebrated five participants from the Violence Reduction Programme (VRP) with a graduation ceremony held at the Co-Ed Facility. In attendance was the Minister of National Security, the Hon. Wayne...

Bermuda’s prison service is a “forgotten service” according to Thad Hollis, lead negotiator for the Prison Officers Association. Mr Hollis, who is leading talks with the Corrections Department on behalf of the association, said negotiations and col...

Drones have been used to drop contraband into the grounds of Westgate prison, Wayne Caines, the national security minister, told MPs on Friday. The unmanned aircraft were spotted by prison staff three times in recent weeks, with contraband subsequent...

Part of Ireland Island North has been declared off limits for drone flights after at least three instances of intrusions over Westgate Correctional Facility. Westgate joins the Bermuda Police Service’s headquarters in Prospect, Devonshire, under new ...

Yesterday, at Westgate Correctional Facility, the Minister of National Security, the Hon Wayne M Caines, JP, MP, met with the Department of Corrections’ Treatment of Offenders Board to discuss progress made by the Board over 2018, and how to further ...

Prison officer patrols around Westgate prison will be stepped up after a drone was seen hovering above the facility. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said plans were being drawn up to make the area around the Ireland Island North pris...

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...

The Department of Corrections welcomed 21 new Corrections Officers to its ranks at a Passing Out Parade. National security minister Wayne Caines joined fellow officers, family and friends at the Westgate Correctional Facility yesterday to celebrate t...

Murals created by Westgate Correctional Facility inmates were installed in the City of Hamilton as part of a continuing beautification project. One inmate, who wished to remain anonymous, said that he and others had been pleased to take part in the ...

Four lawnmowers have been donated to a community service programme for inmates. The Treatment of Offenders Board handed over the machines to national security minister Wayne Caines. They will be used as part of the Department of Corrections’ inmate c...

There are “monsters” living in Bermuda, MPs have been warned. The grim caution came as the House of Assembly debated whether the island needed a public register of sex offenders. Renée Ming, who headed a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on the manag...