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"Department of Corrections HQ moving to Dockyard"

The Department of Corrections’ Headquarters will move from Happy Valley Road, Pembroke, to the Clocktower in Dockyard on Wednesday. Government advised members of the public who need to make canteen payments for inmates that from February 1, the Accou...
Jan 30, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"A Corrections reform plan"

17 January 2012 Dear Sir, Re: Budget cuts suggestions for HM Corrections The Bermuda public have been crying foul for many years about the large amount of money we are paying to keep one prisoner. Presently we pay about eighty five thousand dollars p...
Jan 21, 2012
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"Prison service looking to cut costs"

Prisoners could be made to buy their own clothing as the Department of Corrections aims to cut costs. Prison Commissioner Edward Lamb has stated the Department is considering ending its practice of purchasing underwear, socks and sneakers for inmates...
Jan 21, 2012
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"Water pumping problem hits inmates at Co-Ed"

Inmates at the Co-Ed Facility are getting their baths with water boiled in the kitchen, due to problems with the water tank. The building also experienced problems with toilet-flushing, while laundry had to be washed at the nearby Prison Farm when wa...
Jan 13, 2012

"Programme reaches one prisoner at a time"

Rudolph ‘Buddy' Hollis was leading a weekly prison ministry session at the Westgate Correctional Facility when he was approached one day by an inmate. The man was being held in the maximum security area of the prison and was known to pace up and dow...
Nov 22, 2011

"‘I was down, broken and messed right up’ "

Five years ago, Raymond Symonds had lost his job and was desperate for money when he got lured into a spate of crime. Some negative influences “dangled the carrot” of drug smuggling to him and he accepted it; bringing $500,000 worth of cocaine into ...
Nov 22, 2011
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"Jury inquest to be held into prisoner’s suspected drugs death"

The sudden death of a 37-year-old Westgate inmate will be examined before a jury in an inquest set for January. A drug overdose is suspected in the death of Kino Outerbridge, who collapsed in the prison on October 6, 2009. Mr Outerbridge, who had bee...
Nov 07, 2011
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"Inmate’s gift to rest home"

Lorraine Rest Home residents have a handmade dining room table to enjoy thanks to the craftsmanship of a Westgate inmate. The mahogany table was constructed by Mike Eberly after he learned that the home was in need of a table capable of seating six. ...
Sep 14, 2011
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"Scores visit stall with prisoners’ art"

A crafts market selling unique wood carvings from prison inmates was hailed a success by residents and tourists alike. Scores of people visited the stall in Dockyard on Friday to purchase cedar key holders, letter openers, jewellery boxes, photo fram...
Sep 06, 2011
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"Prisoners’ craftwork to be sold in Dockyard on Friday"

Craftwork made by prison inmates will be sold to tourists at Dockyard on Friday, to help put money in the inmates’ pockets. Some “carefully selected” prisoners will be allowed out of Westgate to assist with the craft stall event. A Government press r...
Aug 31, 2011
Politics

"Prisons review to look at security and safety"

An independent review of the prison service is to be carried out to address officers' safety concerns about Bermuda's “new breed of criminal”. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Scott has announced that all areas of the prison service ...
Aug 27, 2011
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