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Controversial Magistrate sends Violet ‘Letty’ Hodge to prison for 6 years
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a heavily guarded Road Town Police Station, horse racing legend and businesswomen Mrs Violet 'Letty' Hodge was today September 12, 2016 sentenced to six years in prison and fined $100,000 by controversial Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste DaBreo of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Sex between officers & inmates, drugs, cellphones! @ HMP
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI – Prison Officers having sexual intercourse with inmates, selling drugs and cell phones to inmates, visitation protocols being breached, scant regards to officers’ complaints are just a few of the challenges allegedly plaguing Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut, Tortola.
Man 'made to pay surety' for failing to show up on court dates
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When Christopher Ruben Brito Amadiz was called to the defence box at the John’s Hole Magistrate’s Court on June 24, 2016, he had no idea he was going to be in more hot water.
‘Law abiding citizens have nothing to fear’- RVIPF to Marcus Lloyd
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said it has received no official reports or complaints from Marcus Lloyd with regards to alleged threats to his life or unlawful treatment whilst in prison awaiting trial for murder.
Chicken & eggs @ HMP & 20 years later huge cost for trucking water!
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- With all the challenges the Virgin Islands face, the territory’s lone incarceration centre- Her Majesty’s Prison- is not without its share.
Internal Audit eyes Police accounts, HR & HMP programmes- SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It must be clear that the Government system has two Audit Departments. There is the Office of the Auditor General mandated by the constitution and then there is the internal audit set up by the Ministry of Finance.
10 of 25 matters completed for May criminal assizes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The High Court of the Virgin Islands wrapped up its law year yesterday, July 24, 2015 and reported that some 25 matters were brought to the court and 10 of those were completed for the last criminal assizes which began in May.
Alberto Rosa De La Rosa stabbed by fellow inmate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Alberto Rosa De La Rosa aka ‘Pi Yoyo’, an inmate of Her Majesty's Prison, was taken to Peebles Hospital earlier today, May 26, 2015 after he was reportedly stabbed by a fellow inmate in the prison compound at Balsum Ghut.
Under Hon. Walwyn Prison challenges getting worse - 2013 HMP Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the growing voices saying that the controversial Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn has done nothing under his Ministry for three years, another of his portfolios is under fire for inaction.
Giovanni Richardson admits to charge of burglary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When Giovanni Richardson turned up in the Magistrate’s Court today October 9, 2014 on a charge of burglary he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty, a move which averts a trial and one which will see him knowing his fate on October 14, 2014.
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