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Amidst the challenges faced, significant strides are apparently being made at the prison farm at Belle Isle; and female inmates will soon be housed at their new building there.

By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com Inmates on remand at His Majesty’s Prison are using the current Covid-19 outbreak there to clamour for their early release. Newly-installed Superintendent of Prisons, Colonel Trevor Pennyfeather, said while the requests will not be “thrown out”, any such appeal must be “carefully” made and considered. “Most…

On Tuesday 28 March, ExCo approved for the publication of the Prison audit outcomes and approved the recommendation to increase staffing at His Majesty’s Prison in Stanley by three officers. The audit was requested by the Falkland Islands Government and Government House as a result of concerns raised during the incarceration of three disruptive and violent prisoners during 2020.

Monrovia – The Supreme Court is currently troubled by the latest report about the news of widespread illness and reported deaths at the Monrovia Central Prison and has therefore ordered the release of some pre-trial detainees.Last week, FrontPageAfri

Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin Superintendent of Prisons, Jermaine Anthony By Robert A. Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com Head of the Prison Visiting Committee Bishop Charlesworth Browne has slammed inmates at His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) by labelling their recent protest actions as “devious” and “disruptive”. Over the weekend, prisoners clamoured against what they claimed…

The Madras High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government asking them to respond to a plea filed by Youtuber Savukku Shankar accusing the Cuddalore prison authorities of assaulting inmates.

By Theresa Goodwin theresa.goodwin@antiguaobserver.com Four prison inmates who were given an opportunity to pursue professional studies at the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus have excelled and are the top performers in the course.  Kaniel Martin, Joel Kwame’ Seraphin, Colin Murraine and Kenisha Whyte were awarded scholarships in April to…

At least 11 fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on Monday near Defit Island in the north while they were indulging in bottom trawling.

Rajiv case convict seeks ‘A class’ facility in prison Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict B. Robert Payas has moved the Madras High Court seeking A class facilities in the Central prison at Puzhal near here. Justice P.N. Prakash on Friday directed petitioner’s counsel to include the Superintendent of the prison as one of the respondents in the case and adjourned the matter by two weeks. Direction to counsel In the meantime, he ...

The wrong reasons? >> he was 15. i remember him coming in and pulling over and talking to him. he looked so young. he had that baby faced type of thing. >> the prison superintendent knows him well. he was superintendent of wabash when he first arrived. both now at kokomo, indiana. he remembers the intense discussions that took place as staffers prepared to put an eighth grader in a cell with an adult. >> you are going to live with somebody. we got together. we screamed who is going to be in ther...