4 rooms @Hotel Castle Maria declared a prison
According to the instrument gazetted on May 19, 2026, Mr Archer Jr proclaimed and declared that rooms 311, 315 and 317 and the room referred to as the “Recreation Room”, being part of the premises known as Hotel Castle Maria, situated at McNamara, Tortola, “are declared to be a prison for the purposes of the Prison Ordinance, Cap. 166”.
It is provided in section 4A of the Prison Ordinance, Cap. 166 that the Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, declare any place to be a prison.
Immigrants apprehended in the territory have often been held in temporary facilities, including Hotel Castle Maria in McNamara.
In June 2025, the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) awarded a $370,000 contract to the Virgin Islands company Trojan Design and Development Ltd to design an immigration detention centre and manage its construction.
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33 Responses to “4 rooms @Hotel Castle Maria declared a prison”
Moreover, hear dis ya! If you cannot do the crime, you should not do the time. Nonetheless, the colonialists have always been on incarcerating over educating the subjects. Every island in the region has a cookie cutter model prison, HMP( His Majesty’s Prison). The BVI has one, HMP . It was so important that it is now a Museum, ie, it gives museum a bad name. What was the Museum promoting, ie, a place where the beasts were housed. The BIG question is where is/was the His Majesty Secondary School(HMSS). Hit me up when you find it. The hard truth is the colonialists and colonialism is about control. Thus, the promoting of incarcerating over educating (planned ignorance). Studies have shown that it is more economical to spend on the front end than spending than on the back end. But the colonialists prefer spending on the back end. Is the UK funding the expense for the rooms at Hotel Castle Maria???? I will consider eating my shoes if they do.
As usual you all are so &^%$$#@ emotional about everything that you are asking the wrong question! It is not about whether its a hotel and a prison, the REAL question is whether the property is fit foe human shelter in the first place. Stop with the fake outrage! That place in its currenr state is far more fit to be a prison than a Hotel!
By the way, would be cheaper to give these folks a speedy but fair trial and then repatriate them back to their homelands? Will those accused of violent and property crimes be housed here?
They caught dem diamond ???? robber yet?
What the hell!
Firstly why is so much bush still around it it needs cleaning up so as if any personal try to escape and hide there is no bush to hide in
Secondly it need security lighting on a 360° for safe viewing
Thirdly place a few prison guards to do the physical contact of the personal and the private guards to secure the building and surrounding on a 24hr watch
Fourth have police presence at random cheeks on all persons
Fith have all persons finger print done and pic taken store in a data log in case of if escape and any crimes from robberies easy fingerprint can be identified if possible