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The violence that has rocked the island in recent years has cost more than just the lives of young men, says Gina Spence. Over the past seven years, she has worked with the families of more than 50 children who have lost fathers through violent crime...

Dear Sir, In the United States presidential election in 2007, one of the main planks in Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s election platform was the promise that if elected he would within one year close down the Guantánamo prison in Cuba. When Obam...

Dear Sir, In the book Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah counsels us on this piece of wisdom: “Those who seek Independence must be prepared to struggle for it rather than accept it; ...

Prisoners have presented Christmas bikes to high-achieving youngsters and needy families to recognise their efforts at school. The Life Line group handed over pristine second-hand pedal bicycles to six pupils from primary schools across the island as...

Four Westgate inmates received their General Educational Development certificates yesterday morning in an emotional graduation ceremony. Family, friends and prison staff watched as Shomari Virgil, Pelealkhai Williams, Dameko Dublin and Triston Burges...

National security minister Jeff Baron said yesterday that Bermuda’s recidivism rate was falling and at an “all-time low”, describing it as a measure of the success of prison rehabilitation programmes. The government senator told the Upper Chamber tha...

By the time Dameko Dublin turns 25, he will have served six straight years behind bars, missed all five of his daughter’s birthdays and lost 11 friends to gang violence. At 15, having been kicked out of school in Bermuda and losing his father in a tr...

A prisoner rarely, if ever, receives a request from a Premier. But for Dwayne Signor an invitation from Michael Dunkley to carve a cedar gift for the Pope has proved to be a “milestone moment” in his life, and one that he hopes to build on as he prep...

Westgate Correctional Facility will be a safer place to work and reside following this week’s now-resolved dispute, the president of the Prison Officers Association has said. Timothy Seon added that the guards’ suspension of certain services had bee...

A resolution was reached last night between the Westgate prison officers and management, bringing to an end two days of industrial action. The dispute over staff shortages and security concerns resulted in the facility being secured early on Tuesday...

The Commissioner of Prisons Colonel Edward Lamb has said he is “hopeful” that an agreement to halt industrial action being taken by prison officers will be reached today. The dispute over staff shortages and other concerns resulted in the facility be...

Officers at Westgate Correctional Facility remained in dispute with management yesterday after hours of attempted negotiations. An atmosphere of defiance prevailed as officers stayed in the car park of the Dockyard prison, having downed tools over ...