Opposition Senator Karina Goodridge has backed a judge’s call for an urgent fix of persistent delays in transporting prisoners to court, warning that repeated late arrivals are stalling hearings, inflating public costs, and eroding confidence in the justice system.

Goodridge, president of Friends of Democracy, said she fully supported concerns raised by Justice Pamela Beckles about the recurring late arrival of inmates for court proceedings.

On Tuesday, the judge criticised the continuous delays in court proceedings caused by the late arrival of prisoners from Dodds prison, after the start of the No. 5 Supreme Court and several other High Courts were delayed for over an hour. Justice Beckles noted that the problem had persisted “for a while” and urged the “powers that be” to address it.