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A Westgate inmate claims prisoners are living in mould-infested cells and are watched over by prison officers who are unfit to perform their duties The convicted criminal insists prisoners are denied access to social workers or the right to practice ...

A total five prisoners in Westgate jail have passed their General Education Diplomas. And yesterday Premier and National Security Minister Michael Dunkley presented the five men with their certificates. Mr Dunkley said: “I am always pleased to have t...

Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley welcomed the 12 newest Corrections Officers yesterday at a Passing Out ceremony at Westgate. Mr Dunkley said he was “most impressed” when he had the opportunity to meet the new officers several weeks ago, noting...

Kenneth Burgess, one of the men convicted of murdering twins Jahmal and Jahmil Cooper in 2005, has been given permission by Westgate Correctional Facility staff to spend a portion of Valentine’s Day at home with his wife and son, The Royal Gazette un...

Security at Westgate Correctional Facility will soon get a boost when 12 new recruits complete a rigorous training programme. Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley applauded the recruits for “answering the call to service”, saying they had “a tremen...

Westgate inmates yesterday donated four pedal cycles to needy children at Somerset Primary, Prospect Primary and St David’s Primary. Each of the bicycles had been reassembled by a group of inmates at the facility using recovered bike frames and bike ...

Westgate inmate Alvone Maybury has been accused of stabbing a fellow prisoner with a foot-long “shank” that passed straight through his victim’s arm. Maybury, 27, has denied unlawfully wounding inmate Sean Evans, 24, on October 24, 2012. The other in...

August 26, 2013 Dear Sir, The Sage Commission was formed to find ways that the government can reduce expenditure. One way is to reduce the cost of the Prison System. Currently it costs approx $80,000 per annum to “look after” someone who is incarcera...

A sex assault victim claims he was taunted in jail by a prison officer about the abuse he suffered at the hands of former Bermuda Housing Corporation boss Glenn Brangman. The 24-year-old man has made a complaint of harassment against the male officer...

Upgrading the education status of one inmate at a time before their release from prison is the goal of the new Education Officer at the Department of Corrections. Shawnette Somner led the prison team of teachers who produced a record number of gradua...