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Juvenile detention facility opened at Bahamas Department of Corrections
GOVERNMENT officials opened a juvenile detention facility at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday.
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Breaking the habit
“WE LIVE in a country that is addicted to incarceration as a tool for social control. As it stands now justice systems are extremely expensive, do not rehabilitate but in fact make the people that experience them worse and have no evidence based correlatives to reducing crime. Yet with that track record they continue to thrive, prosper and are seen as an appropriate response to children in trouble with the law. Only an addict would see that as an okay result.” – James Bell
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Four men facing murder charges
A 20-year-old man accused of murdering a former police officer yesterday claimed he was beaten with a bat by police while in custody for the crime.
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Probation for bedridden child molester
A JUDGE imposed a six-year probation on a diabetic and bedridden man who pleaded guilty to molesting three underage girls over a five year period.
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Time for serious rehabilitation
During the decades of the fifties through eighties many Police Officers were sent to the UK for training. It was during my training at the West Riding Detective Training College I was taken to a Borstal Institute in a city in England. It is a prison for young offenders, who are taught trades while incarcerated and assisted to get jobs when released as certified tradesmen.
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When freedom of speech will be put to the test
Popular Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist Buju Banton has finally been released from a U.S. federal prison after serving seven years for conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. Banton was incarcerated at the McRae Correctional Facility in the state of Georgia.
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Bahamas is in ‘critical stages’ of establishing drug treatment court
MINISTER of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage said Wednesday that the Bahamas is in the “critical stages” of establishing a Drug Treatment Court to provide an alternative to incarceration for drug-dependent offenders through treatment and rehabilitation.
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Mitchell questions intelligence of grieving mother
FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell has hit out at the grieving mother of a Bahamian pilot who died in a Haiti jail, calling her a “little slow” and someone who “does not understand the most basic matters about her son’s care”.
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Travel writer details saga of young outlaw
By JERRY HARKAVY "THE BAREFOOT BANDIT: The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw" (Hyperion), by Bob Friel: It's not often that a travel and adventure writer who hopscotches the globe for good stories stumbles upon a riveting tale on his
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Library opened for female inmates at prison
THE Female Inmates’ Library was officially opened yesterday during a ceremony at the women’s prison yesterday.
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Attorneys chip in to pay student’s court bill
AN 18-year-old high school student, who spent over a week in prison for violating the national curfew, was released yesterday thanks to a few local attorneys who paid his $500 fine.
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Man could be released early after being re-sentenced to 22 years
A MAN whose murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter on appeal could be released early from prison after a judge re-sentenced him to 22 years on Friday.
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Officials deny claims by wife of man locked up in Cuba
THE Cuban Embassy has denied claims that a Bahamian man sentenced to 18 years in prison in that country on drug trafficking charges has faced inhumane treatment while incarcerated.
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Slop buckets still being used at Fox Hill prison
THE inhumane practice of “slopping” is still alive in the over-crowded maximum security block at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS), Fox Hill, according to Commissioner of Corrections Patrick Wright.
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Parole committee to deliver recommendations
THE government’s commitment to effective rehabilitation and public safety will be put to the test when the Parole Re-entry Steering Committee delivers its recommendations for a parole system and the reintegration of past offenders into Bahamian society, according to committee Co-chair retired Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed in New York; judge says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses
NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.
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INSIGHT: Send hardcore criminals to Family Island prison
Former Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Thompson concludes his series on policing in the Bahamas by examing the rehabilitation of offenders.
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Former U.S. marine gets 15 years for attempted murder
A FORMER US marine was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday for attempted murder notwithstanding his mother’s letter to the judge pleading for leniency for a son she said had “always shown loving kindness towards others and never judged people no matter their circumstance.”
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Woman honoured by Queen jailed
A WOMAN who was honoured by The Queen for her humanitarian work used her Bahamas nursing home in a human smuggling operation.
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Teacher would have faced prison
A TEACHER who was murdered earlier this year would have been given prison time had he lived.
