News
Are inmates of HMP being let out @ nights?
BALSUM GHUT, Tortola, VI - When there was a noted spike in criminal activities between the latter quarter of 2016 and first half of 2017, reports were circulating that at least two known convicts were the masterminds.
Joe Neil-another UK consultant! This time @ HMP
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- As the reality looms that the United Kingdom (UK) might impose ‘direct rule’ on the Virgin Islands (VI) because of demands and letters written by UK appointed Governor John S. Duncan OBE to Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) about mismanagement of public funds, yet another UK consultant has joined the Government.
Prisoner Akim Stevens beaten & hospitalised
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- According to our Team of Reporters from around the Virgin Islands, inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison Akim Stevens has been reportedly beaten and hospitalised.
UPDATE: 'Mr Escape' recaptured
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Edrino Richards, known as 'Mr Escape', who fled from prison officers while at Her Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut yesterday, September 6, 2016 has been recaptured.
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.
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.
Life @ Her Majesty’s Prison, Balsam Ghut! Is there a food & supplies shortage?
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Many persons have different ideas of prison life, usually formed by movies or what we learn about prison life in the United States through stories or experiences.
Shanoviah Thomas out of prison on parole
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Superintendent of Prisons Mr David Foot has disclosed that a woman who is serving time at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut for manslaughter has been granted parole.
Wins for Delta & Nagico in Corporate Tape Ball Cricket League
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The British Virgin Islands Cricket Association (BVICA) got its Corporate Tape Ball Cricket League underway at the Softball Field in Road Town on Thursday October 4, 2015 with big wins for Delta Petroleum and Nagico/Terminex.
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.
.png)
Follow Us On
