Dacia Leslie | Correctional reform beyond coronavirus pandemic
It seems COVID-19 concerns have overshadowed public shock over the predicament of George Williams, the 20-year-old youth who was believed to be mentally ill at the time of his arrest in 1970 and held on remand, for 50 years, for allegedly killing another man. His story surfaced following a similar report in The Bahamas in 2003 about Atain Takitota. Takitota is said to be a Japanese man who the Bahamian authorities held in prison for eight years and two months without a court hearing because of his inability to reveal his identity to the police, due to his passport being stolen and him having...
Source: jamaica-gleaner.com