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Changing prison culture necessary to stem violence among inmates

Over the past few years, there have been reports of violence among inmates emerging from Her Majesty’s Prison with the latest being the stabbing of high-level prisoner Jose Almestica. With that in mind, Governor John Rankin has said the culture of the prison needs to be changed to stem those cases of prison violence.

Rankin said he is concerned with any incidents at the prison which may involve violence against inmates or violence between inmates and prison officers.

He said there was a murder at the prison last year and after the incident, he along with the National Security Council ordered an external review into the security of the facility.

The Governor added that the review led to several steps being taken to improve security at the prison.

“Some of those steps relate to physical equipment in terms of making sure the electronic gates at the prison are working properly, making sure the perimeter fencing is reinforced as necessary, and making sure the prison officers have the equipment they need should there be a violent incident at the prison,” Rankin said.

“A part of it also is about the culture at the prison and making sure that prisoners have useful things to do [and] have educational opportunity, have work opportunities and I and my team at the Governor’s Office are working with the Minister for Health in driving forward that review,” he added.

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