Topic: HMP Northward Prison
Police investigating incident at HMP Northward
HMP Northward has confirmed that two prisoners were injured following an incident that occurred at the prison on Monday, 11 May.
In a press release...
Cayman now measures prisoner recidivism rate differently
Government is working to end the revolving door syndrome that sees the same faces cycling in and out of the prisons system.
But while inmates...
Bursting at the seams: Life inside Cayman’s crumbling, overcrowded prison
Cayman’s men’s prison is overcrowded, prone to flooding and suffering from shortages of clothing and bedding for inmates, multiple prisoners told the Cayman Compass.
Northward prisoners can join pickleball craze with new court
Inmates at Northward can how try their hands at pickleball, Cayman's latest sports craze, following the construction of a court at the prison.
Northward Prison inmate set cell on fire in protest
An inmate at Northward Prison says he set his bed and pillows on fire in protest, after being placed in a cell with another prisoner against his wishes.
3 arrested over prison drug smuggling
Police arrested three people over the Christmas holiday period on suspicion of smuggling drugs into Northward Prison.
Inmate sexually assaulted at prison
Police are investigating what they described as a "serious sexual assault" of an inmate at Northward Prison allegedly committed by a fellow prisoner on Monday afternoon.
Prison officer jailed for smuggling ganja into HMP Northward
Former prison officer Arnold Geovanny Cabrera Diaz has been jailed for two years for smuggling ganja into Northward prison on two occasions.
No foul play in 2019 death of Northward Prison inmate
The coroner's court has ruled that the sudden death of an inmate at Northward Prison was the result of natural causes.
COVID cases on the rise behind bars
31 inmates and 16 prison staff have tested positive for COVID-19, according to prison officials who say the increase in numbers was inevitable, considering the ongoing surge of community spread of the coronavirus.
