Tag: HM Cayman Islands Prison Service
Prison deputy to go back to job
(CNS): Aduke Natalie Joseph-Caesar, who was fired as deputy director in the HM Cayman Islands Prison Services, where she worked in rehabilitation, has been given her job back and will return to work next week. In a very unusual result, the long-time public servant successfully fought against her dismissal, winning a legal case against the […]
Prison recruits learn how to use force
(CNS): The nine new recruits for Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) have been trained in how to use force if necessary as part of their basic training. Prison Director Neil Lavis explained that the purpose of the programme is to prepare prison officers on the use of proper response and techniques, as well […]
Prison turns to private sector for inmate rehab
(CNS): Due to a shortage of staff, the prison service is turning to the private sector to help rehabilitate and retrain inmates who will be due for release. Although nine new recruits have now begun training to become prison officers, Cayman Islands jails are around 35% understaffed, the prison management has confirmed. With the prison […]
Friend of prison boss favoured over colleagues
(CNS): A British woman who was a long-time friend of the prison director was given preferential treatment when she was employed at HMP Northward as a manager in 2014 compared to her colleagues. Nina White, who has since left the service after getting embroiled in the ‘videogate’ scandal at the jail, was paid over $1,000 […]
Prison applicants whittled down for fitness test
(CNS): A group of 64 potential recruits for HM Cayman Islands Prison Service took part in the fitness test stage of the recruitment process on Saturday, hoping to land one of seven entry-level jobs on offer at the local jailhouse. After a written test last week, the original pool of 128 applicants was slashed in […]
Over 30 Caymanians apply for job at prison
(CNS): Prison officials said that 128 people, including 32 Caymanians, have begun the three-step process to secure one of seven vacancies in the Cayman Islands Prison Service after a recruitment drive that began in August. Testing began last week with a written entrance exam, which tests the candidates maths and English standards. For those who […]
CIG ponders privatisation of prison transport
(CNS): Government is preparing an outline business case for outsourcing inmate transport. In the first step towards the privatisation of a full public sector service, the Home Affairs ministry has released a strategic assessment on the possibility of contracting out the movement of inmates from the prison or police cells to court or hospital and back to a […]
Uniform branches push careers at popular job fair
(CNS): Over 300 Caymanians interested in working with some of the public sector’s uniform branches turned up to see what was on offer at a recruitment fair for the police, fire and prison services last month. While the Cayman Islands Fire Service, which is currently looking for 15 new officers, has always been popular with […]
Uniform branches join forces in recruitment drive
(CNS): The local fire, prison and police services are joining forces this month to enhance their respective recruitment drives and encourage young Caymanians to start a career in law enforcement and public safety. Between them the uniformed services are looking for up to 32 local people to join any of the three services at the […]
Courts to handle tariffs for 16 lifers
(CNS): Legislation recommending 30 years as the starting point for those convicted of murder could see serial escapee Steve Manderson, currently the longest serving prisoner in the Cayman Islands, become one of the first ‘lifers’ to walk free under the new conditional release law. None of the fifteen men serving mandatory full life terms in […]
Sacked prison deputy turns to courts
(CNS): The former deputy director of the prison service, who was sacked last year over allegations that she was responsible for secretly filming one of her prison colleagues with covert video equipment, has filed an application for a judicial review. Aduke Natalie Joseph-Caesar claims that the decision by the home affairs chief officer to fire […]
