Female Venezuelan prisoners moved

UPDATE:

IN AN effort to quell fighting among local female prisoners and Venezuelan detainees Prisons Commissioner Gerald Wilson has ordered 41 Venezuelan prisoners removed to another section of the prison and that they should have no communication with local inmates.

The decision was taken after a complaint by a female Venezuelan prisoner that she was attacked in the dormitory a month ago by a local female inmate who called her derogatory names.

After the fight the Venezuelan prisoner was kept in solitary isolation, but her compatriots protested, claiming they too were victims of taunting and harassment.

Wilson ordered an investigation into the allegations and after receiving a report he ordered the relocation of all the Venezuelan prisoners to a section of the prison which formerly housed female juveniles.

Wilson said the Venezuelan prisoners appeared very pleased with the move, and bilingual prison officers were assigned to this new section.

All seemed to be going well, he said. They are by themselves, they do not have a problem with a language barrier, and mixing with locals would have caused problems and being by themselves where they can converse freely without being harassed or tauntedmakes life easier for them.

He said some of the prisoners are professional people who would have been lured into prostitution because of harsh economic situations in their country and they were against being called names, feeling they were victims and they should not have been subjected to such taunting.

Wilson said every situation in the prison has to be handled a certain way and his approach may be different from others, but every effort has to be made to make the lives of prisoners comfortable.

ORIGINAL STORY:

In an effort to reduce fighting among local female prisoners and Venezuelan detainees Prisons Commissioner Gerald Wilson has ordered that 41 Venezuelan prisoners be moved to another section of the prison and that they have no communication with local inmates.

The firm decision was taken following a complaint made by a female Venezuelan prisoner that she was attacked in the dormitory one month ago by a TT female inmate who called her derogatory names.

Following the fight the Venezuelan prisoner was kept in solitary isolation, however other Venezuelan female prisoners protested claiming that they too were victims of taunting and harassment.

Commissioner Wilson ordered an investigation into the allegations and after receiving a report, he ordered the relocation of all the Venezuelan prisoners to a section of the prison which formerly housed female juveniles.