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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...

The Department of Corrections is advising that due to technical issues with their telephone system, the main telephone lines, 234-0555 and 295-4975 are currently down as of 1.40pm; however, 297-1280 is working correctly. We apologise for any inconve...

The Prison Officers Association said last night it was not aware that a labour dispute notice had been gazetted by the Government and that a work-to-rule by prison staff continued. A spokesman for the POA confirmed it was “not aware of any reported l...

A prison inmate is to be charged with assault after an attack on an officer at Westgate. According to a Ministry of National Security spokesman, the officer was “executing his duties” when he was assaulted on Monday. The prison’s duress system was ac...

The seconded Commissioner of Corrections will not return to the crisis-hit prison service, it was revealed yesterday. The news that Lieutenant-Colonel Eddie Lamb would not go back to the job came as the House of Assembly was told that Westgate prison...

Prison officers have accused the Government of a failure to act for two decades over safety, security and working conditions. The Prison Officers Association said yesterday that there had been “platitudes, no actions, just promises for 20 years” over...

Westgate Correctional Facility has gone on “indefinite” lockdown, staffed by “a skeleton crew” after officers decided to work to rule in protest against conditions, the Minister of National Security said last night. Wayne Caines said the industrial a...

Westgate prison was on lockdown yesterday after three officers, one of them a woman, were attacked by inmates, it was revealed last night. Prison officers locked inmates in their cells and took away visiting and recreation privileges after their coll...

Drones have been used to drop contraband into the grounds of Westgate prison, Wayne Caines, the national security minister, told MPs on Friday. The unmanned aircraft were spotted by prison staff three times in recent weeks, with contraband subsequent...

Part of Ireland Island North has been declared off limits for drone flights after at least three instances of intrusions over Westgate Correctional Facility. Westgate joins the Bermuda Police Service’s headquarters in Prospect, Devonshire, under new ...