NSC orders two senior Prison Officers to take admin leave
The meeting was to “consider and review the events at Her Majesty’s Prison, which occurred over the weekend, 29-30 May 2021,” a press release said.
NSC Decision
The press release said after considering the matters at hand, “the NSC later issued a decision, which instructed that immediate steps be taken to enhance the supervision of prisoners at Her Majesty’s Prison and more importantly, that an internal inquiry be launched into the events on the weekend.”
It added: “Council in its deliberations further instructed that the two senior officers, who were on duty during the occurrence of events, be placed on administrative leave, pending further investigation.”
Internal Review
Furthermore, the NSC ordered that “a wider external review of security arrangements at Her Majesty’s Prison should be commissioned and of importance, noted that the current investigation into the wounding and murder at the prison is under the active investigation of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s Major Incident Team.”
The NSC then offered their condolences to the family of the deceased.
The NSC comprises the Governor, as Chairman and members, including the Premier; one other Minister, who is the Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Agriculture and Fisheries; the Attorney General (ex-officio) and the Commissioner of Police (ex-officio).
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18 Responses to “NSC orders two senior Prison Officers to take admin leave”
They don't care what happens after. As much as we are here arguing about England coming in to run the country, it would be much better if they run that prison for us, so it wouldn't be too corrupt.
We also need to insure that these inmates wear uniforms every day of the week and stop wearing the latest outfit and jewelries. Even cell phones should be taking away from them just like in any other country, because they can organize crimes from inside if they have that power to do so. Lastly our government need to put those prisoners to do hard labor in the streets instead of paying out so much money annually for petty contract.