After serving 22 years at the Richmond Hill prison for armed robbery, 46-year-old Shirland Wilson struggles to put his life back on track, but for many ex-offenders, the possibility of being gainfully employed is near impossible. read more
“A St Mark resident who was nabbed by police mere hours after robbing someone at knifepoint will spend the next 3 years at Her Majesty’s Prisons.” read more
On this day in 1880, male prisoners were moved from the Common Gaol, located in former French military barracks and jail on Young Street, St George’s to the new prison, at the former Military Hospital on Richmond Hill. read more
“Some of the topics for discussion for the training include Standards of Care in Custody, Aftercare and Social Reintegration of Child Offenders, Management of Juvenile Facilities, Conditions of Detention in Police Custody, Girls in Detention, and Restorative Justice.” read more
“The biggest level of hypocrisy here is they called themselves thugs and gangsters with sagging pants (LMAO), with a style that imitated from prison. How ironic — those behaviours simply mean ‘I’m available to come to me.’” read more
“Jesus Lopez, a Fisherman, was apprehended on 1 June in La Poterie, St Andrew during a police operation where US$26,500 was found stashed inside a sneaker. Mikel Milkson, 34 years old of Good Hope, who pleaded guilty to trafficking and possession of a controlled drug …has been remanded to prison.” read more
