– among other items found during search of prisons

A SEARCH conducted by the Joint Services on prisons countrywide on Saturday revealed that the proliferation of cellphones among prisoners has not ceased.

Police, in a release, said the search has unearthed 28 cellular phones; four SIM cards; a memory card and four earplugs; in excess of 30 cell phone chargers/batteries; 20 smoking utensils; 65 improvised weapons; 24 metal spoons; 84 cigarette lighters; five pairs of scissors; a staple machine; 6 USB cables; a tattoo machine; two mirrors; playing cards; ashtrays and a quantity of razor blades, nails, wires, cigarettes, cannabis, sand paper and stones.

Police said bottles of homemade wine and pepper sauce were also found.

Prison officials confirmed that at Lusignan Holding Bays, inmates hurled stones and other objects at the ranks. There were no incidents at the other locations.

Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels has called on all prison warders and officers to desist from trafficking contraband in the prisons, while asking those who are guilty to understand the consequences as the law will take its course.

He said the prison’s motto: “Together We Serve” is one which officers swore to uphold and which is widely repeated during the annual anniversary when the celebrations of the high-risk job is observed.
“It is said that once you have compromised yourself by becoming a trafficker, you are not allowed to stop even if you want to stop. I say to you, you have the power to do anything. Therefore, do something good. Do what is right,” Samuels said.