Topic: Her Majesty’s Prisons

The Cayman Compass published a discussion between Premier Alden McLaughlin and George Town MLA Winston Connolly on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in which topics including the Cayman Islands Prison System, Work Placement Scheme, reoffending rate and Prison Service Vocational Training Program were covered. I feel my observations and experience on these topics may shed a unique light on the subjects, as I have been incarcerated at HMP Northward for the last 16 months.

New recommendations by prison officials, based on recommendations in the 2014 Project Future report, push the idea of outsourcing prisoner transport to a private security firm. The prisoner transport report was finalized in April and released to the public this week.

A reorganisation of Her Majesty's prisons service in the Cayman Islands has been announced, along with drug testing conducted on every employee in the service.

Governor Stuart Jack has named two Caymanians to be awarded the Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour. Dr. Alfred Benjamin is honoured for his service to agriculture

Her Majesty's Cayman Islands Prisons Service (HMCIPS) is hosting the sixth annual Triangular Series cricket tournament, a series in which prison staff from Bermuda, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands have traditionally vied for the Challenge Trophy.

Facing a shortage of both prison officers and other employees, the Cayman Islands will lower the hiring age for its prison system to 19.