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In early November, video of police officers arresting a churro vendor in a New York City subway station quickly went viral. Public outrage was swift, leading to local and national news coverage, eliciting responses from politicians, and triggering se...

The Labour Dispute Tribunal defended its decision to require prison officers to make health insurance payments on the second day of a Supreme Court hearing. While the Government maintained that prison officers were never promised free health insuranc...

Prison officers fought against changes that require them to make health insurance payments in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Bermuda Prison Officers Association argued that it had a substantial expectation that the officers would be exempted from m...

A report on the island’s prison system carried out by a British consultant has been reviewed by the Government — but the Minister of National Security has said the report will not be made public “at this stage”. A spokeswoman for the ministry said th...

The head of the Prison Officers Association has accused the Government of a deliberate delay in the release of a health and safety report into Westgate prison. Tim Seon, the chairman of the POA, which has been in dispute over conditions at Westgate ...

Tougher security measures are expected to be introduced at Westgate after checks found more fencing was needed at the jail. The Government plans to install a 10ft-high barrier topped with more than two feet of razor wire inside the prison’s walls. Wa...

Westgate inmates have built playground equipment for a preschool. The work was done through a partnership between the prison and Southampton Preschool. Jamahl Simmons, the acting education minister, visited the preschool with national security minist...

A man behind bars despite a ruling last month that his rights were violated has launched legal action to regain his freedom. Mark Pettingill, who appeared for Westgate inmate Dennis Robinson, said yesterday that his client must be released from pris...

A 29-year-old man who was “unaccounted for” at Westgate prison today is back in police custody. The announcement this afternoon did not identify the inmate, but said police and Department of Corrections personnel conducted a joint search. The man was...

Prisoners in Westgate are to get a new hot water system after the Government asked companies to bid for work to replace the ageing infrastructure. Boilers, storage tanks and pipework will be ripped out and replaced at the Ireland Island North facilit...

The prisons adviser to the British Overseas Territories has been called in to examine the operation of the troubled Westgate Correctional Facility. Keith Munns toured the prison yesterday with Timothy Seon, chairman of the Prison Officers Associatio...

A child protection charity has condemned a decision to release a serial paedophile from prison four years early. Kelly Hunt, executive director of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said last night that it was “unfathomable” that Jomar Akb...