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The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) is cautioning against what it describes as “broad-brush accusations” in the wake of the State of Emergency (SoE), stressing that the vast majority of prison officers serve with integrity and should not be unfairly maligned.
An SoE was declared on July 18 after Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro revealed intelligence pointing to a coordinated and highly dangerous criminal network operating from within the prison system. Guevarro said inmates with gang connections were using smuggled cell phones to communicate via encrypted channels and were actively planning to assassinate senior police officers, members of the judiciary, and employees at the state prosecution office.
When asked on Thursday whether rogue law enforcement officers were facilitating these activities, Guevarro said denying it would be a lie to the public. He noted that cell phones are found in cells almost weekly, suggesting internal complicity.
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