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UPDATE: Inmates charged over May 12, 2024, HMP stabbing
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- As first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) on a stabbing incident that occurred at His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) on May 12, 2024, inmates connected to the incident have been charged.
HMP inmate serving life sentence allegedly threatens to kill prison officer
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- A prisoner at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut on Tortola has reportedly threatened to kill a prison officer.
Inmate allegedly stabbed @HMP
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching our news centre is that an inmate of Her Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut, on the main island of Tortola, has been stabbed.
Hunger strike @ HMP?
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI – Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that an inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut, Tortola, has refused to eat food offered to him by the prison and has been making demands to see elected officials.
‘I literally felt like I was in a coffin’- Ex con Ramon George
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Time served and back to everyday life in society, Ramon George aka ‘Ramon G’ has made an emotional appeal for society to positively influence the lives of young boys and men in the Virgin Islands (VI), especially through supporting the programme, Mentoring Anointed Leaders Everywhere (M.A.L.E).
Man held in Robbery escapes from Hospital; recaptured by Police
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: Reports reaching our newsroom is that the same man who was held on suspicion of attempting to rob Stones Jerk Stand in Long Bush on the morning of June 30, 2018, is in trouble again.
Prisoner Keon Edwards seen on streets in Baughers Bay, Tortola
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- It was sometime around 1:30 P.M. today, Wednesday November 29, 2017 that persons called our newsroom to report that they saw a prisoner, Mr Keon Edwards, allegedly wandering the streets in the Baughers Bay area of Tortola.
Prisoner found dead in St Croix cell
VI CONSORTIUM
GOLDEN GROVE, St Croix, USVI— A man was found dead in his prison cell in the Golden Grove Correctional Facility in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Saturday morning, November 4, 2017, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Sunday, November 5, 2017.
UPDATE: Recent incident @ HMP had potential of escalating- Source
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- The June 1, 2017 incident that resulted in a security guard and an inmate receiving injuries at Her Majesty 's Prison in Balsam Ghut had the potential of escalating into a major one, according to a source at the prison.
UPDATE: Escaped prisoner turns himself in to police
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- After spending the weekend as a fugitive, Olanzo Dore, who escaped lawful custody while a prisoner on Friday April 28, 2017 has turned himself in to police.
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