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Police this afternoon confirmed the death of an inmate at Westgate Correctional Facility. According to a spokesman, at around 11.30pm yesterday emergency services were dispatched to the facility after a male inmate was found in an unresponsive state....

At 32, Michael Pitcher was jailed for life. High on cocaine, he and another man broke into a senior citizen’s home and beat her with a stick. Days later, she died from her injuries in hospital. When the verdict came in, he thought his life was over. ...

Social rehabilitation programmes involving prisoners will be undertaken with greater sensitivity for the community, Senator Jeff Baron has pledged. Mr Baron, the Minister of National Security, drew criticism from some quarters when two convicted murd...

Inmates at Westgate Correctional Facility are dying sawdust for the Bermuda Day floats for a second year. The initiative is the result of a partnership with the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs and inmates have already dyed about 30 bale...

A consultant forensic psychiatrist with the Bermuda Hospitals Board has helped create a new standard for how prisoners with health problems could be treated. Seb Henagulph was one of 11 psychiatrists tasked to create the Prison Public Health Position...

Fentanyl is suspected in two overdoses treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last week, a Bermuda Hospitals Board representative has confirmed. The drug — a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine — is often used to cut ...

Correction Week commences this Sunday, in celebration of the contributions made by the men and women of the Department of Corrections. Special events include a church service on Sunday at Better Covenant Christian Fellowship, and a seniors tea at the...

Prisoners with mental health illnesses could be sent to England for treatment under a new deal between local Government departments and a healthcare charity in the UK. Three inmates have been identified as candidates for the programme offered by St A...

The violence that has rocked the island in recent years has cost more than just the lives of young men, says Gina Spence. Over the past seven years, she has worked with the families of more than 50 children who have lost fathers through violent crime...

Dear Sir, In the United States presidential election in 2007, one of the main planks in Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s election platform was the promise that if elected he would within one year close down the Guantánamo prison in Cuba. When Obam...

Dear Sir, In the book Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah counsels us on this piece of wisdom: “Those who seek Independence must be prepared to struggle for it rather than accept it; ...

Prisoners have presented Christmas bikes to high-achieving youngsters and needy families to recognise their efforts at school. The Life Line group handed over pristine second-hand pedal bicycles to six pupils from primary schools across the island as...