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July 20, 2008
Trinidad - 500 more prison beds coming
Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday
THE GOVERNMENT will increase the capacity
of prisons in order to support the expected influx of prisoners kept
on remand due to the proposed Bail Amendment Act, Minister in the
Ministry of National Security Donna Cox said Friday.
Giving her maiden Parliamentary contribution during the debate on
the Bail Amendment Bill, Cox addressed concerns which had been
expressed about the legislation which proposes a widening of the net
of non-bailable offences.
Desmond Allum SC, the President of the Criminal Bar Association on
Thursday argued that the new bill will simply serve to overcrowd
prisons.
But on Friday, Cox announced that the Prisons Service is set to
expand, with 500 more beds to be provided at the remand section of
the Golden Grove Prison.
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