21 inmates from VI transferred to prison in St Lucia
Our newsroom can confirm that is not so.
In fact, out of about 143 inmates at the state-owned penitentiary at Balsam Ghut only 21 most dangerous prisoners have been sent so far to St Lucia to be housed at their Bordelais Correctional Facility (BCF).
The Virgin Islands (VI) unelected Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, who is in charge of the country following Irma, a category 5 hurricane that destroyed the VI, signed an Emergency Powers for the Transfer of Prisoners, regulations 2017, and issued warrants for the transfer of prisoners to St Lucia a few days ago.
Who is in charge?
The governor, who shares responsibility over the prison with government minister, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL), who is sidelined as the Governor is the boss, said the transfer is because of the two Category 5 hurricanes that affected the prison building at Balsam Ghut on the main island of Tortola.
Some still on the lose
Following the severe damage to HMP after Hurrience Irma, all the prisoners escaped; however, all but six have been recaptured, and others turned themselves in.
Police Commissioner Michael Matthews claimed that those who are on the run are ‘low-risk’.
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