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August 03, 2023
Six months prison after twelve curfew breaches for man on bail for sex assault

A MAN on bail for sexual assault was sentenced to six months in prison after he admitted to breaching curfew 12 times.

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August 03, 2023
Woman from hit and run sentenced to three years and six months in prison 

A nail technician was on Wednesday sentenced to three years and six months at the Bahamas Department of Corrections after leaving the scene of a deadly hit and run in 2022.

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August 01, 2023
One month prison for mother on child neglect charge after abandoning daughter last month

A MOTHER was sentenced to one month in prison after neglecting her four-year-old daughter last month.

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July 27, 2023
Court of Appeal affirms 42 year prison sentence of Jamaican woman accused of killing girlfriend

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has upheld the murder conviction and affirmed the 42-year prison sentence of a Jamaican woman accused of killing her girlfriend back in 2021. Nadisha Beckford, 35, alias Shaneda Beckford aka Star, was unanimously convicted by a jury on October 18th, 2022 of the February 2021 murder of 31-year-old Lakeisha [...]

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July 26, 2023
Finance ministry 'not satisfied' with cost for new prison

Months after revealing that the cost to construct a new prison facility at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS) had doubled, Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said yesterday the Ministry of Finance is "not satisfied" with the cost of the project and is currently awaiting a more "acceptable" figure.

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July 22, 2023
Natl. Secu Min. To Testify In Prison Commissioner Case

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - National Security Minister Wayne Munroe has sworn an affidavit in the upcoming court case involving Prison Commissioner Charles Murphy.

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July 20, 2023
Honduras Wants To Build Prison Colony

HONDURAS - Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the western hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there.

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July 18, 2023
Children allowed to visit parents in prison beginning next month

CHILDREN will visit their parents in prison for the first time in a programme starting next month, according to acting Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare.

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July 18, 2023
Prison Commissioner: Parole is Coming

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Acting Commissioner of Corrections Doan Cleare says that the roll out of a new parole system for inmates will come later this year.

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July 14, 2023
Suspect Identified For Prisoner Death

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - A suspect has been identified for the death of another prisoner who died a few weeks ago, according to National Security Minister Wayne Munroe.

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