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Truell Landy was in her late teens when a friend of hers got caught up with drugs and had to serve time in jail. It proved to be “a really traumatic experience” for her and she had to decide whether or not to just give up on the friendship. Instead ...

A “no-go zone” will be implemented off the shoreline by Westgate, as part of tighter security measures planned for the facility. Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley said the moves were in response to a prisoner’s recent break from a cell. For the ...

Prison authorities have discovered another cell window bar that was tampered with after it was discovered that an inmate serving a lengthy sentence at Westgate Correctional Facility “sawed” his way out of his cell. The breach of security occurred dur...

Child rights advocate Sheelagh Cooper has called on Government to implement measures adopted in other jurisdictions for violent or dangerous offenders participating in Work Release or Community Service programmes. The best way forward she said will b...

The assessment process used to determine whether or not prison inmates are deployed on Community Service Programmes will be tightened up. The assurance was issued by Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley, in the wake of the fallout stemming from the...

A mother has condemned prison authorities for allowing a man who raped her teenaged daughter to work close to a home where the victim regularly stays. Tewolde Mathin Selassie, who was jailed for 25-years in May 2007, has been spending time out of his...

Government will introduce legislation mandating that criminals serve at least 12 months of their prison sentences before being eligible for release on parole. Announcing the 2012 Annual Report of the Parole Board yesterday, Public Safety Minister Mi...