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UK Ministry of Justice is ‘committed to supporting HMP’- UK Minister
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- The overcrowding at His Majesty’s Prison at Balsam Ghut and the rehabilitation of offenders were some of the leading topics of discussion when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom (UK), Michael W. Freer MP, visited the Virgin Islands (VI) from Sunday, November 5-7, 2023.
$250M cocaine found in Balsam Ghut sent out of VI for destruction- Cop Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police Mr Michael B. Matthews has confirmed to Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) that the 2,353 kilos of cocaine that was discovered in Balsam Ghut on Friday, November 6, 2020, has been shipped out of the territory for destruction.
Police discovers spent shells in vicinity of HM Prison
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI – Information coming into our news centre, is that police acting on an anonymous report have discovered a large number of spent shells in the vicinity of the HM Prison, in Balsam Ghut, Tortola.
Jamaican prison cook arrested in Police sting operation
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI - Word reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) from senior law enforcement officials, is that a cook who works at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut on the main Island of Tortola, has been arrested by Police in a sting operation.
Robbery at HMP, Authorities tight lipped
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI – An inmate of Her Majesty’s Prison at Balsam Ghut was reportedly robbed by two other inmates of his gold rings and Gucci chain.
Prisoners describe conditions in St Lucia as ‘barbaric’
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands News Online, first and accurately reported that the remaining prisoners from Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) at Balsam Ghut, who were sent to St Lucia—following Hurricane Irma—had been returned to Tortola, on September 6, 2018.
Remaining 10 Prisoners return to Tortola from St Lucia, September 6, 2018
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI - Sometime after 3:00 PM today, Thursday, September 6, 2018, the remaining 10 prisoners who were sent to St Lucia almost a year ago—after Hurricanes Irma and Maria destroyed Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut—were returned to Tortola.
9 more prisoners return to VI from St. Lucia lockups
BALSAM, GHUT, Tortola, VI –Nine prisoners were today, Thursday, August 16, 2018, returned to Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), in Balsam Ghut, Tortola, in the Virgin Islands (VI) following their relocation to St. Lucia’s Bordelais Correctional Facility last year.
Prison Boss David E. Foot disputes article speculating he is being booted!
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Superintendent of Her Majesty’s Prison, British national David E. Foot has come out swinging against an article in a local online publication asking if he is being booted because his current post is being advertised.
UPDATE: Treh Williams found dead in cell @HMP
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- It was sometime after 4:00 PM on March 21, 2017 that inmate Treh Williams was found unconscious in his cell at the state-owned penitentiary at Balsam Ghut on the main island of Tortola.
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