Topic: Cayman Islands Detention Centre

Following an investigation prompted by reports of injury and self-harm at the police's detention centre in Fairbanks, the Ombudsman has highlighted a litany of issues at the facility, including staffing shortages, inadequate training and CCTV blind spots.

The police detention centre has a fire alarm system that hasn't worked for years, doors that are left ajar – leading to an escape attempt – and is regularly understaffed, the Office of the Ombudsman has found.

Cayman's public service watchdog has launched an investigation into the police service's detention centre on Fairbanks Road amid fears over safety and drug abuse.

A 23-year-old Bodden Town man has been arrested in connection with the road rage incident in Savannah on Wednesday morning in which a flare gun was allegedly fired.

Scores of criminal suspects are being kept on 'police bail’ for months at a time in cases where there is not yet enough evidence to bring charges, according to the results of a Cayman Compass open records request. In the most extreme cases, people have been kept under a cloud of suspicion without charge for almost three years.