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SHAL­IZA HASANALI

Trinidad and To­ba­go’s prison sys­tem, long plagued by over­crowd­ing, cor­rup­tion, and chaos, is set for a trans­for­ma­tion­al change if the Prison Of­fi­cers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (POA) has its way.

POA’s pres­i­dent Ger­ard Gor­don is prepar­ing to present to Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der a pro­pos­al for a new mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar pur­pose-built re­mand prison in Gold­en Grove, aimed at ad­dress­ing the prison’s deep­en­ing cri­sis.