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UPDATE: Near riot at HMP following stabbing of inmate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There was another scare for prison officers yesterday, February 28, 2013 as inmates of Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsum Ghut became uneasy following the stabbing of Wakima Lettsome.
UPDATE: Prison officer allegedly smuggled phone into HM Prison for $70
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Prison Officer Steve Morton, 37, was today November 2, 2012 placed before the Magistrate’s court with charges of breach of trust by a public official and abuse of office.
UPDATE: Police hunt DR prison escapee
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Additional information has now been issued by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), in the matter of a prisoner who went missing from Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsum Ghut.
Her Majesty’s Prison: Tortola Hilton Hotel & Resort?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident came up with a new name for Her Majesty’s Prison at Balsum Ghut, referring to the penitentiary as “Tortola Hilton Hotel and Resort” since inmates seem to be eating and living better than innocent people in the Territory.