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Upgrading the education status of one inmate at a time before their release from prison is the goal of the new Education Officer at the Department of Corrections. Shawnette Somner led the prison team of teachers who produced a record number of gradua...

A Westgate inmate posted the Island’s highest score in mathematics in the General Education Diploma and was one of 22 former and current inmantes from across the Island who graduated this month. The prisoner’s achievement was highlighted by Michael D...

Westgate prison has already deployed cell phone blocking technology, according to Commissioner of Corrections Edward Lamb — but the equipment is currently offline for improvement. “We have for some time now had cellphone jamming equipment, with a goo...

Westgate prison has already deployed cell phone blocking technology, according to Commissioner of Corrections Edward Lamb — but the equipment is currently offline for improvement. “We have for some time now had cellphone jamming equipment, with a goo...

Opposition Senators yesterday called on Government to ensure that cell phone blocking technology be employed at the Island’s prisons. Sen Marc Daniels noted that a cell phone jamming mechanism is in place at Westgate prison and called on the authorit...

Truell Landy was in her late teens when a friend of hers got caught up with drugs and had to serve time in jail. It proved to be “a really traumatic experience” for her and she had to decide whether or not to just give up on the friendship. Instead ...

A “no-go zone” will be implemented off the shoreline by Westgate, as part of tighter security measures planned for the facility. Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley said the moves were in response to a prisoner’s recent break from a cell. For the ...

Prison authorities have discovered another cell window bar that was tampered with after it was discovered that an inmate serving a lengthy sentence at Westgate Correctional Facility “sawed” his way out of his cell. The breach of security occurred dur...