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Cellphones behind bars and contract killings ordered by inmates have plagued Trinidad and Tobago’s prison system. From chronic overcrowding and poor infrastructure to limited rehabilitation and staff shortages, the prison system is breaking down from within.
Just hours after Government intelligence uncovered a plot to assassinate State officials from within prison walls, former prisons commissioner Gerard Wilson warned that cellphone smuggling remains the system’s biggest challenge. As long as inmates have access to mobile phones, no one is safe—not officers, not rivals, not even high-ranking officials.
“It always happens,” Wilson said. “Once offenders get access to cellphones, there will be constant communication between persons inside and outside of prison. And that is where the problem lies.”
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