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Prison officers picketed the House of Assembly yesterday as part of an industrial dispute over pay and conditions. Timothy Seon, the president of the Prison Officers Association, said in a Bermuda Broadcasting Company interview that no formal pay off...

The Prison Officers Association said last night it was not aware that a labour dispute notice had been gazetted by the Government and that a work-to-rule by prison staff continued. A spokesman for the POA confirmed it was “not aware of any reported l...

A prison inmate is to be charged with assault after an attack on an officer at Westgate. According to a Ministry of National Security spokesman, the officer was “executing his duties” when he was assaulted on Monday. The prison’s duress system was ac...

The seconded Commissioner of Corrections will not return to the crisis-hit prison service, it was revealed yesterday. The news that Lieutenant-Colonel Eddie Lamb would not go back to the job came as the House of Assembly was told that Westgate prison...

Prison officers have accused the Government of a failure to act for two decades over safety, security and working conditions. The Prison Officers Association said yesterday that there had been “platitudes, no actions, just promises for 20 years” over...

Westgate Correctional Facility has gone on “indefinite” lockdown, staffed by “a skeleton crew” after officers decided to work to rule in protest against conditions, the Minister of National Security said last night. Wayne Caines said the industrial a...

Westgate prison was on lockdown yesterday after three officers, one of them a woman, were attacked by inmates, it was revealed last night. Prison officers locked inmates in their cells and took away visiting and recreation privileges after their coll...

A prison officer convicted of an attempt to smuggle a mobile phone to an inmate has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court. Kadeem Abraham admitted that he had accepted an item to take to an inmate, but claimed he only took it so he could examine it. Ma...

Prison officers could take industrial action over conditions at Westgate jail, the head of their representative body warned yesterday. Tim Seon, the chairman of the Prison Officers Association, said he could not rule out the potential for labour disr...

On Friday (29 March), the Department of Corrections celebrated five participants from the Violence Reduction Programme (VRP) with a graduation ceremony held at the Co-Ed Facility. In attendance was the Minister of National Security, the Hon. Wayne...

Bermuda’s prison service is a “forgotten service” according to Thad Hollis, lead negotiator for the Prison Officers Association. Mr Hollis, who is leading talks with the Corrections Department on behalf of the association, said negotiations and col...

Drones have been used to drop contraband into the grounds of Westgate prison, Wayne Caines, the national security minister, told MPs on Friday. The unmanned aircraft were spotted by prison staff three times in recent weeks, with contraband subsequent...