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Prisoners could be made to buy their own clothing as the Department of Corrections aims to cut costs. Prison Commissioner Edward Lamb has stated the Department is considering ending its practice of purchasing underwear, socks and sneakers for inmates...

Inmates at the Co-Ed Facility are getting their baths with water boiled in the kitchen, due to problems with the water tank. The building also experienced problems with toilet-flushing, while laundry had to be washed at the nearby Prison Farm when wa...

Rudolph ‘Buddy' Hollis was leading a weekly prison ministry session at the Westgate Correctional Facility when he was approached one day by an inmate. The man was being held in the maximum security area of the prison and was known to pace up and dow...

Five years ago, Raymond Symonds had lost his job and was desperate for money when he got lured into a spate of crime. Some negative influences “dangled the carrot” of drug smuggling to him and he accepted it; bringing $500,000 worth of cocaine into ...

Lorraine Rest Home residents have a handmade dining room table to enjoy thanks to the craftsmanship of a Westgate inmate. The mahogany table was constructed by Mike Eberly after he learned that the home was in need of a table capable of seating six. ...

A crafts market selling unique wood carvings from prison inmates was hailed a success by residents and tourists alike. Scores of people visited the stall in Dockyard on Friday to purchase cedar key holders, letter openers, jewellery boxes, photo fram...

Craftwork made by prison inmates will be sold to tourists at Dockyard on Friday, to help put money in the inmates’ pockets. Some “carefully selected” prisoners will be allowed out of Westgate to assist with the craft stall event. A Government press r...

An independent review of the prison service is to be carried out to address officers' safety concerns about Bermuda's “new breed of criminal”. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Scott has announced that all areas of the prison service ...

July 13, 2011 Dear Sir, Many readers commented online that it was absolutely meaningless for Michael Dunkley to mention about “an inmate had to be picked up by jet ski after being released from Westgate because the former inmate couldn't travel throu...

Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley has raised concerns about security at Westgate saying: “We have got to get on top of this.” Senator Dunkley told the Senate yesterday that a Westgate prisoner was as “high as a kite” when he spoke to ...