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Defence Minister reveals shocking breach: 65-inch TV in jail cell

Defence Minister Wayne Sturge speaks during a budget consultation in Freeport on Wednesday.

Defence Minister Wayne Sturge speaks during a budget consultation in Freeport on Wednesday.

SHASTRI BOODAN

Prison of­fi­cers are so fear­ful of the crim­i­nal el­e­ment be­hind bars that at least one of them was af­ford­ed the lux­u­ry of a 65-inch TV in his cell, while guns and oth­er con­tra­band items are eas­i­ly traf­ficked in­to the prison sys­tem.

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Defence Minister Wayne Sturge speaks during a budget consultation in Freeport on Wednesday.

Defence Minister Wayne Sturge speaks during a budget consultation in Freeport on Wednesday.

SHASTRI BOODAN

Defence Minister reveals shocking breach: 65-inch TV in jail cell

Prison of­fi­cers are so fear­ful of the crim­i­nal el­e­ment be­hind bars that at least one of them was af­ford­ed the lux­u­ry of a 65-inch TV in his cell, while guns and oth­er con­tra­band items are eas­i­ly traf­ficked in­to the prison sys­tem.

Former National Security minister Marvin Gonzales

Former National Security minister Marvin Gonzales

ABRAHAM DIAZ

Gonzales: UNC unprepared to fight crime

For­mer min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Mar­vin Gon­za­les says the dis­cov­ery of a 65-inch tele­vi­sion in a prison cell ex­pos­es se­ri­ous fail­ings by the Gov­ern­ment, which he claims came in­to of­fice un­pre­pared to tack­le crime.

Rajaee Ali

Rajaee Ali

Rajaee Ali charged with possession of prohibited items in prison

Pris­on­er Ra­jaee Ali has been for­mal­ly charged with pos­ses­sion of pro­hib­it­ed items fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery of con­tra­band at the Gold­en Grove Prison, Arou­ca, last month.

Commissioner of Police  Allister Guevarro

Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro

CoP says criminals monitoring citizens’ garbage for financial info

Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro is ad­vis­ing cit­i­zens to pay care­ful at­ten­tion to how they dis­pose of their garbage, as they may un­sus­pect­ing­ly be fa­cil­i­tat­ing the easy trans­fer of per­son­al and fi­nan­cial in­for­ma­tion to crim­i­nals.

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Defence Minister Wayne Sturge speaks during a budget consultation in Freeport on Wednesday.

Defence Minister Wayne Sturge speaks during a budget consultation in Freeport on Wednesday.

SHASTRI BOODAN

Defence Minister reveals shocking breach: 65-inch TV in jail cell

Prison of­fi­cers are so fear­ful of the crim­i­nal el­e­ment be­hind bars that at least one of them was af­ford­ed the lux­u­ry of a 65-inch TV in his cell, while guns and oth­er con­tra­band items are eas­i­ly traf­ficked in­to the prison sys­tem.

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