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(PLTM) - The two senior officers who were on duty on Sunday night at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) when the infamous stabbing incident that left an inmate dead and three others injured occurred has been placed on administrative leave and an official internal investigation into the circumstances that led up to the incident launched.
A statement from the National Security Council (NSC) issued on Monday, May 31, said the decision came following a special meeting held earlier in the day to consider and review the events that occurred on May 29 at the Balsam Ghut prison.
“Considering the matters at hand, the NSC later issued a decision, which instructed that immediate steps be taken to enhance the supervision of prisoners at Her Majesty’s Prison and, more importantly, that an internal inquiry be launched into the events on the weekend,” the statement said.
It continued: “Council in its deliberations further instructed that the two senior officers, who were on duty during the occurrence of events, be placed on administrative leave, pending further investigation. The NSC also instructed that a wider external review of security arrangements at Her Majesty’s Prison should be commissioned and of importance, noted that the current investigation into the wounding and murder at the prison is under the active investigation of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s Major Incident Team.”
Further, the members of the NSC, which consist of the Governor, as Chairman and members, including the Premier; one other Minister, who is the Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Agriculture and Fisheries; the Attorney General (ex-officio) and the Commissioner of Police (ex-officio), expressed their condolences to the family of the late Nichail Chambers who succumbed to his stab wounds during the ordeal.
An individual has already been charged in relations to the incident.
