NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Department of Immigration wishes to inform the public that in the late hours of Thursday 1st January, there was an escape from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre. One Haitian male escaped lawful detention and is at large. A search operation has been mounted to effect his return to the Centre.
A man also Haitian, believed and suspected to be an accomplice on the outside of the facility, and who is alleged to have obstructed the efforts to apprehend the escapee, was injured when he was hit by rubber bullets used to prevent the breach. He was subsequently detained. He was taken to the hospital for emergency care, treated and discharged. He is presently detained at the Centre.
The Department will keep the public informed as information on this matter becomes available.

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