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A fire broke out in one of the cells at Westgate prison this morning. The fire service got a call just after 10am, with four trucks and seven firefighters responding from the Port Royal and Hamilton stations. Corrections officers extinguished the bla...

“Unacceptable” conditions at the Westgate men’s prison will be tackled, the Minister of National Security has vowed. Wayne Caines was speaking after inmates at the West End jail highlighted their complaints to him. Mr Caines told the House of Assembl...

A prison officer was injured in an attack by an inmate at Westgate Prison on New Year’s Day, a government representative said last night. A spokesman for the Ministry of National Security said that the officer was assaulted by the inmate while on du...

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 ...

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 collapsed ceiling in the kitchen at Westgate prison was the latest in a string of problems related to the ageing building, the chairman of the Prison Officers Association said yesterday. Timothy Seon was not surprised when a pipe ruptured and cause...

The closure of the kitchen at Westgate prison because of a collapsed ceiling caused by water damage was “regrettable”, the national security minister said yesterday. Wayne Caines said that a team from works and engineering had been to the prison to f...