Two prison of­fi­cers and nine peo­ple de­tained un­der Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders (PDOs) have been charged with mul­ti­ple of­fences fol­low­ing a pris­on­er pro­cess­ing ex­er­cise at two cor­rec­tion­al fa­cil­i­ties.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said the ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed on Fri­day, Ju­ly 24, 2026, at the East­ern Cor­rec­tion­al Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre and the Ex­tend­ed Re­mand Fa­cil­i­ty.

Prison of­fi­cers Gary Gour and Damien John­son were each charged with pos­ses­sion of pro­hib­it­ed ar­ti­cles fol­low­ing ad­vice from the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP).