The acting assistant superintendent of prisons detained under the ongoing state of emergency is pressing for an earlier hearing of his preventive detention order, insisting he is innocent and has no links to gang activity.

The Review Tribunal has scheduled September 18 to hear his challenge. But his attorney, Krystal Primus, is pushing for the date to be brought forward, arguing that her client’s detention is both unlawful and disproportionate.

Primus first wrote to the tribunal on August 22, requesting a review. Then, in a follow-up letter on September 1, she urged the tribunal’s secretary to expedite the hearing, stressing the urgency of the matter.