Two for­mer com­mis­sion­ers of pris­ons are sup­port­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion to con­sid­er re­lo­cat­ing the Port-of-Spain Prison on Fred­er­ick Street.

On Thurs­day, Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der said the move was un­der con­sid­er­a­tion dur­ing the post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing on Thurs­day. The de­ci­sion was trig­gered by a video cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia show­ing a man throw­ing bags over the prison’s wall on Thurs­day morn­ing.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has con­firmed that the sus­pect is from Dun­can Street, Port-of-Spain, and on bail for sim­i­lar of­fences but he’s yet to be ar­rest­ed.