{"id":316184,"date":"2024-02-01T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=316184"},"modified":"2024-01-31T23:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T03:51:18","slug":"blackmoore-meetings-held-with-authorities-concerning-issues-of-state-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/blackmoore-meetings-held-with-authorities-concerning-issues-of-state-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackmoore: meetings held with authorities concerning issues at state prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_316185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-316185\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316185\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rayburn-Blackmoore-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"383\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-316185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rayburn Blackmoore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Minister for National Security and Legal Affairs, Rayburn Blackmoore has announced that plans are in place to address some of the issues faced at the Dominica State Prison. Blackmoore&#8217;s statement came while addressing a press conference on Wednesday, following the recent escape of three prisoners who were serving time at the state prison.<\/p>\n<p>According to Blackmoore, regular meetings have been held with the Chief of Police, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit as well as management and staff of the state prison to further address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if we have to have the confidence that when people are sentenced to prison that they are kept and properly secured and the issue of safety of a society is also measured by the state&#8217;s ability to ensure that prisoners are properly secured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned also that the prison has been mandated to grow its food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have mandated the prison to grow its own food, starting with provision,\u201d Blackmoore revealed. \u201cSo what we have started at the prison is what we call a farm program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he said the program is being managed and supervised by the Acting Assistant Superintendent of the prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to ensure that when prisoners are on the farm working that they are properly supervised too, because the previous escapes that we have had involved people who were actually working on the farm,\u201d Blackmoore noted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he pointed out that one of the challenges faced over the years is the issue of the secondary fence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have started construction of it and we will be recommencing construction of it, so after the completion of the secondary fence it will be highly impossible for anyone to call me and tell me an inmate has escaped,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister for National Security and Legal Affairs, Rayburn Blackmoore has announced that plans are in place to address some of the issues faced at the Dominica State Prison. 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