by Joy Springer | Jun 5, 2020 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anton Best, receives PPE from Marketing Manager, Rubis Caribbean, Andrea Gooding. (C.Pitt/BGIS) The Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Barbados Prison Service were the beneficiaries yesterday of a significant donation of masks...
by BGIS | May 23, 2020 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
Members of the Barbados Defence Force transferring sanitizing supplies for shipment. (Photo: RSS) Prisons in Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are now better equipped to combat the infection and transmission of COVID-19. Executive Director of the CARICOM...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Oct 20, 2017 | Ministry News
The rehabilitation and reform of all inmates at HMP Dodds Prison remains a core function of the penal institution, despite the challenges it encounters along the way. And, as the penal institution celebrates its 10th anniversary, Superintendent of Prisons, Lieutenant...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Nov 1, 2016 | Top Stories
The sturdy walls of Her Majesty Prison (HMP) Glendairy have withstood earthquakes, hurricanes, and other events impacting the island, and even a fire in 2005 was not enough to destroy them. While delivering the feature address at the Decommissioning Ceremony and Gala...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 7, 2016 | Top Stories
Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite listens attentively to President of the Association of Caribbean Heads of Correction and Prison Services, Lieutenant Colonel John Nurse at the opening of the conference at Hilton Barbados yesterday. (C.Pitt/BGIS) Attorney General,...