Female Unit News Today

The new facility will expand to a 130 bed capacity next year, compared to the Dundrum site’s capacity of 96.

The Women in Action Network (WiAN) has called for a clean sweep of the Government Industrial School (GIS) that would involve the removal of everyone involved in the management of the facility, including Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams, and compensation for affected wards.Asserting that the recent investigation into operations at the facility had raised more questions than answers, it further declared that it would not be easing up on its demands for clear answers about what was going o...

Evidence collected by the panel investigating operations at the Government Industrial School (GIS) has been handed over to police for any appropriate criminal action to be taken.That disclosure came on Monday from Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams as he declared that there was “no cover-up” at the institution.“All of the evidence taken by the panel will be made available to the Commissioner of Police. So, whereas I can’t tell you certain specific things, anything ...

Immigration legislation could soon be brought before Parliament as Government seeks to address the effect of this country’s aging population on the economy.According to Prime Minister Mia Mottley as more of the population grows older there could be a major challenge in the coming years which Government must head-off to avert any fallout.Speaking at a diaspora forum in New York on Sunday night, Mottley said “Our government is going to have to pass an immigration bill into law soon.

Outspoken trade unionist Caswell Franklyn is calling for the removal of the entire management team of the Government Industrial School (GIS).He insisted that even as a staff member remains on suspension with full pay pending investigations into reports that two female wards had allegedly ingested harmful substances under her watch earlier this month, the people responsible for spearheading operations at the state-run institution should be given their walking papers.In addition to saying that he ...

Outspoken trade unionist Caswell Franklyn is calling for the removal of the entire management team of the Government Industrial School (GIS).He insisted that even as a staff member remains on suspension with full pay pending investigations into reports two female wards had allegedly ingested harmful substances under her watch earlier this month, the people responsible for spearheading operations at the state-run institution should be given their walking papers.In addition to saying that he was n...

Authorities are being urged to come clean on what is happening at the Government Industrial School (GIS).Former Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley made the call as he expressed concern about the conflicting information coming out about the state-run institution, in particular the Female Unit at Barrows, St Lucy.“We have to stop playing around with this situation. It is children we are dealing with here. We have to stop playing around with this. One is unclear as to what is happening. Peo...

A staff member of the Government Industrial School (GIS) is awaiting her fate after being suspended from duty with full pay pending the outcome of a probe into reports that two female wards had allegedly ingested harmful substances under her watch.Barbados TODAY has obtained a copy of correspondence that Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Information Deborah Payne sent to the graduate teacher in the GIS’ Female Unit at Barrows, St Lucy, informing her of her immediat...

A Covid-19 outbreak team has had to be reconvened at the Midlands Prison due to re-emergence of the virus in recent in the Portlaoise jail according to the Iris...

More than 400 prisoners have contracted Covid-19 at jails in Portlaoise and elsewhere in Ireland according to the Irish Prison Services which has had to suspend...