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Source: http://guardian.co.tt/news/2013-01-26/chicken-pox-outbreak-state-prisons
Chicken pox outbreak at state prisons
Court matters grind to a halt
Published:
Saturday, January 26, 2013
ANNA-LISA PAUL
Prisoners from the remand section of the Port-of-Spain jail and the Maximum Security Prison in Golden Grove, Arouca, were absent from the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday, because of a chicken pox outbreak. It is believed that more than 40 prisoners who had matters listed were not taken to court.
Confirming the outbreak, president of the Prison Officers? Association, Ceron Richards, said there had ?been a marked increase in the numbers of officers contracting the virus within the prison walls.? Unable to say how many people had contracted it so far, Richards said the situation started a few months ago at the remand section of the Port-of-Spain jail and then spread to the maximum security prison as prisoners were transferred.
There are approximately 1,200 prisoners at the remand yard of the Golden Grove prison, 900 at the Maximum Security Prison, between 400 and 500 inmates at the Golden Grove Prison, Arouca, and 400-500 at the Port-of-Spain prison...
Chicken pox outbreak at state prisons
Court matters grind to a halt
Published:
Saturday, January 26, 2013
ANNA-LISA PAUL
Prisoners from the remand section of the Port-of-Spain jail and the Maximum Security Prison in Golden Grove, Arouca, were absent from the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday, because of a chicken pox outbreak. It is believed that more than 40 prisoners who had matters listed were not taken to court.
Confirming the outbreak, president of the Prison Officers? Association, Ceron Richards, said there had ?been a marked increase in the numbers of officers contracting the virus within the prison walls.? Unable to say how many people had contracted it so far, Richards said the situation started a few months ago at the remand section of the Port-of-Spain jail and then spread to the maximum security prison as prisoners were transferred.
There are approximately 1,200 prisoners at the remand yard of the Golden Grove prison, 900 at the Maximum Security Prison, between 400 and 500 inmates at the Golden Grove Prison, Arouca, and 400-500 at the Port-of-Spain prison...