Tag: Conditional Release Board
Prison conditions could be challenged through JR
(CNS): Claims by the chair of the Human Rights Commission that, due to its appalling state, HMP Northward cannot house inmates in accordance with either the Cayman Islands constitution or the European Convention on Human Rights should be pursued through a judicial review, a judge has suggested. The conditions at the country’s male prison were […]
Holland closes jails, Northward packed to capacity
(CNS): As the Cayman Islands director of prisons battles with serious overcrowding at HMP Northward and the highest number of female inmates at Fairbanks prison for many years, the Dutch government is planning to close empty jails and the UK has announced a series of reforms that will see inmates tagged and sent home during […]
Mother gets 28 years for child murder
(CNS): In the first sentence handed down for murder following the abolition of mandatory life-sentences without parole, a Grand Court judge has handed a 28 year minimum term to Tamara Butler, who killed her 6-year-old daughter Bethany in October 2014. Despite the recommendations in the new Conditional Release Law stipulating a 30 year tariff for […]
Judge ponders murder tariff for Butler
(CNS): A Grand Court judge will deliver the first ever tariff for a murder case in the Cayman Islands on Friday when he decides the fate of Tamara Butler, who was convicted in March of killing her six-year-old daughter, Bethany, in October 2014. Justice Alastair Malcolm heard submissions Tuesday from both Director of Public Prosecutions […]
Younger lifers could get shortest tariffs
(CNS): As the courts begin preparations to hear applications for all of the 16 inmates serving life sentences in HMP Northward, the youngest prisoners may be the ones to get the shortest tariffs. The new conditional release law provides for a number of mitigating circumstances, including age, that could see the recommended thirty-year life sentence […]
Former bank risk manager heads new inmate release panel
(CNS): Debra Humphreys, a retired risk and compliance manager at a local bank, has been appointed to lead the new Conditional Release Board which will replace the parole board under new legislation that has altered the way prisoners will get out of jail. Richard De Lacy QC has been appointed the Vice Chair and is […]
