Police raided HM Prison yesterday, January 26, 2019
One Officer who was on hand—but is not authorised to publicly discuss the exercise—spoke on condition of anonymity and said, “it was a routine and structured exercise.”
Routine operation?
The Fire and Rescue Department was also on hand in case of any fire or other situation getting out of hand. According to the same source, all visits were cancelled for Saturday and the RVIPF K9 Unit found cell phones, marijuana and other contrabands in the cells of inmates.
Since Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL)—who shared responsibilities for the prison service—hired St. Lucian, Vern A. G. Garde over locals, there have been mixed reviews of improvements at HMP located at Balsam Ghut on Tortola, the main island.
Many prison officers and inmates complain about their human rights being violated, where officers for example, cannot even take their cell phones to work.
Human Rights violation?
Mr Garde is said to be imposing everything that he practice in St. Lucia on the Tortola facility and many have said even the new Prison Amendment Act 2018, was lifted from the St. Lucia Act.
There are also moves to severely restrict visiting of inmates by their families and friends. A call to Mr Garde—a close ally of the embattled Education Minister Walwyn who is under police investigation—was not immediately returned.
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