Two men who were the subject of an advertisement by the Barbados Bar Association regarding their nonattorney status say they have been “banned” from Dodds Prisons and branded “undesirables.”

Colin Roach and Winston Clarke, who have been assisting inmates who cannot afford legal counsel, told the Weekend Nation that they were informed of a memo written by Superintendent of Prisons DeCarlo Payne indicating that as of June 23, they would not be allowed on the Barbados Prison Service property to visit or conduct any business.

The directive, shown to this newspaper, dated June 23, states: “The superintendent of prisons has deemed him [Roach] as an undesirable according to Prisons Rules Cap.168 rs63 (5) which states: ‘The officer in charge may refuse admission to the prison of any person who in his opinion is undesirable.’