Topic: Prison Service

A prison officer cleared of misconduct in public office after he was caught smuggling ganja into Northward prison said on Thursday he wanted to return to his job.

A judge on Friday started her directions to a jury in the trial of a police officer alleged to have misused the police computer...

A police officer on Tuesday denied she had misused the service's records system to gather ammunition for use against a female prison officer love rival in a battle over another member of prison staff.

A top defence lawyer on Thursday called for anonymity in sex assault cases to be extended to defendants as well as alleged victims after a jury cleared her prison officer client in less than three minutes.

Four male prisoners were transferred on Sunday to George Town’s Immigration Detention Centre at Fairbanks, a low-security facility that houses male and female migrants who have requested asylum in the Cayman Islands.

Curious tourists took photos and videos from their balconies at the Westin Grand Cayman resort as a cohort of 22 prison officer recruits stood at attention below.

Both Her Majesty’s Prison, Northward and the police detention center in Fairbanks, George Town were overfilled as of Wednesday morning, with Cayman Islands authorities housing more than 250 adult prisoners or arrested suspects in local jails.

Four male Cayman Islands prison service managers who alleged they were “unequally remunerated” for performing essentially the same value work as a female supervisor who was paid more and given greater benefits, won their case before the four-member Gender Equity Tribunal this month.

A prison officer recruitment drive last week attracted 128 applicants seeking jobs in the prison service. There are currently seven vacant positions. Prison Service Director Neil Lavis said of the 128 people who took the Prison Officer Recruitment Testing entrance exam, which was offered over a three day period, 32 were Caymanian.

Six people, including three children, were hospitalized early Tuesday after a three-vehicle crash on South Sound Road during the morning rush-hour. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reports that a Toyota truck, a Kia sport utility vehicle and a BMW collided near the entrance to The Chimes condominiums around 7:30 a.m.

The verbal “beating” Cayman Islands government workers sometimes receive from elected lawmakers has made some Caymanians reluctant to join the civil service, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson said Friday.