Gov Pruce pledges HMP development; Hon de Castro pledges investment in youth
The first-of-its-kind summit in the Virgin Islands (VI) was held under the theme ‘Our Virgin Islands: Safe Communities, Prosperous Territory’, over three days at the Multi-purpose Sports Complex in Road Town.
The summit included discussions and presentations, and the pledges made at the end stemmed from these discussions, Governor Pruce said.
Developing HMP
Governor Pruce made a few pledges, among which was addressing His Majesty’s Prison.
“We’ve also heard that the prison is facing challenges; it doesn’t have the facilities it needs, doesn't have the space it needs, it can’t properly look after juvenile inmates.”
The United Kingdom (UK), Governor Pruce, together with the Governor’s Office, will work with the Ministry of Health and Social Development to develop the facilities at the HMP.
“A team of experts from the United Kingdom will be here in the coming weeks to help with the planning of these additional facilities.
‘I’ll challenge you today’- Hon de Castro to Gov Pruce
Meanwhile, Hon de Castro, on behalf of the government and her ministry, pledged to invest in youth development.
“On behalf of the government, we vow to continue doing the work of youth development in the Territory, and we will seek to ensure that we create safe spaces for you to be able to interact, have fun and be able to develop your interests; whatever they are, we will put the resources behind of you to be able to get it done.”
She thanked Governor Pruce for his commitment and that of the UK, but said they are looking forward to partnering with them in other ways.
“I recognise your support of the prison, but I believe we have an amazing opportunity to partner in areas of education and youth as well. So I’ll challenge you today, Governor and United Kingdom, we’re going to put some extra funding into youth development and programmes, and I’m challenging the United Kingdom to match our local funding.”
This funding will go towards creating those spaces and investing in activities that will ultimately support the development of the young people in the Territory.
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17 Responses to “Gov Pruce pledges HMP development; Hon de Castro pledges investment in youth”
PLEDGES and PRIORITIES. That's the end of that then.
Thank god that’s not the vip government’s Angada
Hon de Castro we heard you !!! Governor go sit down
It seems to me that our governor thinks that a larger prison list will show proof of progress agaist crimes, but many, and I differ. We know that educating the B.V.I population in the listed areas that is propose in this comment will bring great help.
The Education Minister, Hon. Lucy de Castro vision of youth empowerment tops governor Daniel Pruce plan. That is not to say that development of the HMP isn't needed to a certain extent.
However, it seems to me that some UK'S governor do favor more none ethnic diversity in prison over spending more of our finances to educate them.
Greater education of do-more-positive action will automatically help inhance greater do-less negative action in the mind of the people of the B.V.I. I do hope so.