{"id":78971,"date":"2012-11-14T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T17:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=78971"},"modified":"2012-11-14T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T18:20:09","slug":"prisoner-mistreatment-allegations-to-be-taken-to-international-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/prisoner-mistreatment-allegations-to-be-taken-to-international-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Prisoner mistreatment allegations to be taken to international community"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_77256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77256\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77256\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/behanzin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/behanzin.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/behanzin-150x146.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behanzin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Magistrate and local attorney, Tyanni Behanzin, said he will be taking his concerns about alleged mistreatment of inmates at the country\u2019s prison to the international community.<\/p>\n<p>This after a seven-day ultimatum given to government to investigate the matter came to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to approach the international community myself and ask them to request the right from the state to visit and investigate the prisons, based on the allegations made,&#8221; he revealed in an interview with DNO on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>On October 25, 2012, Behanzin visited the Stockfarm Prison to interact with his clients (inmates) who claimed that they have been beaten and threatened to have their meals poisoned.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Behanzin claimed to have seen several marks on the prisoner&#8217;s bodies.<\/p>\n<p>After that he gave government seven days to launch an investigation into the matter or he would take the matter to the international community.<\/p>\n<p>According to Behanzin the matter cannot just be swept under the rug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the minister of national security claimed that he knew nothing of the sort, the superintendent of prisons indicated that he would investigate the matter&#8230;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said a competent international team should be invited to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo try and deny it doesn\u2019t exist &#8230; I think the minister (Savarin) should consider his position and whether it\u2019s tenable or not. He knows very well that there are issues in that prison that needs to be investigated,\u201d Behanzin insists.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Minister, Charles Savarin, has said there have been no reports of ill-treatment at the country\u2019s prison suggesting that the former magistrate and now attorney could be seeking media attention.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that government had no information about any ill treatment of prisoners at the state\u2019s prison.<\/p>\n<p>He also described claims made by prisoners to have their food poisoned as \u201cpreposterous.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Magistrate and local attorney, Tyanni Behanzin, said he will be taking his concerns about alleged mistreatment of inmates at the country\u2019s prison to the international community. 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