By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A PREGNANT teenager was sent to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after she admitted to escaping custody last week while she was being housed at the Willie Mae Pratt Centre for Girls.
The 16-year-old girl, who cannot be named because she is a minor, stood before Magistrate Kara Turnquest- Deveaux. Her mother was also present.
There, she faced a charge of escape from lawful custody.
On March 9, while the defendant was attending a medical appointment at the adolescent health clinic on Shirley Street, she successfully escaped her remand officers and broke out of the medical facility.
She was later recaptured and arrested at a residence in the area of Windsor Place on March 14.
In court, she pleaded guilty. Representatives from Social Services and the Willie Mae Pratt Centre both agreed that the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS) was the best facility in which to keep her.
The magistrate sent the accused to the juvenile section of BDCS until service of her probation report on May 31.
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