Prisoner Akim Stevens beaten & hospitalised
According to our newsroom’s sources closed to the situation, it was on Friday September 23, 2016 sometime after 7:00 PM when a fight allegedly broke out, resulting in one or more other prisoners beating Mr Stevens.
Information on how many other prisoners were involved in the fight is unclear; however, Mr Stevens is reported to have sustained injures, including to the face, and had to be taken to Peebles Hospital in Road Town, the capital city.
As of publication time Mr Stevens was still hospitalised, reportedly with swelling to the face.
Superintendent of Prisons Mr David Foot could not be reached for comment as of publication time.
HMP Rocked by scandal under David Foot
Since United Kingdom national David Foot took office, Her Majesty’s Prison has been rocked by scandal after scandal. Last week it was reported that an imamate attempted suicide after drinking a cleaning liquid.
On September 6, 2016 this news site first and accurately reported that an inmate, Kevin Tyson, set his cell on fire. No one was injured in the incident and it is not clear how the prisoner managed to start the fire.
Tyson was also reportedly involved in a fight with a prison officer at the Magistrate's Court in John's Hole on September 5, 2016. The prison officer reportedly suffered minor injuries.
This news site was further told that there was a second incident when the prisoners in the affected wing were let out of their cells due to the thick smoke from the fire. It is said that when the prisoners were released many of them pounced on another inmate, said to be Caucasian, dealing him several blows.
In July of this year, prison officials told this news site about prison officers having sexual intercourse with inmates, selling drugs and cell phones to inmates, visitation protocols being breached, and management having scant regards to officers’ complaints, which they said were just a few of the challenges plaguing Her Majesty’s Prison.
This news site also first and accurately reported on September 6, 2016 that Edrino Richards, known as 'Mr Escape', escape from prison officers while at Her Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut.
He was apprehended the following day. The Prison Service is under the portfolio of the controversial Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn, an At Large Representative.
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31 Responses to “Prisoner Akim Stevens beaten & hospitalised”
The families call daily and no one answer the phone, calls does not go through, they do not any information to the families. We headed to the local press as neither the office of Immigration and Prison want to attend the calls we do every day to know until when they think they will have retained this group of immigrants, we demand the immediate release and allowed them to await the response of free asylum, the family members are willing to cover all expenses of our family on this island.
Cuban immigrants are not criminals, they do not deserve to be in a common prison, many of them are good professionals, including some teachers, doctors...artists..their destiny was not this island, they accidentally came because they were abandoned at sea ... this group only seeks freedom and a life say we can not have in our country, Cuba.
Enough of violating human rights ... they can not put in jail people who have not committed any crime ... please help us to release our sons and husbands now..Thanks ...
!!! Liberty for the 17 Cuban immigrants !!!
Relatives of the 17 Cubans imprisoned in Tortola.
1. Early Release for those individuals who are already on their way out. Why keep them?
2. Parole for those who haven't committed killed anyone or harm in any way. Of course, they'd have to be on good behavior.
3. Ankle bracelets would also be a good choice for other prisoners that they may need to monitor but don't really need to keep them up there.
4. Those deadbeat morons that up there for child support, send them back to work and take the money from their pay.