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Inmates worried about COVID, says prison is ticking time bomb. | SMN News

August 23, 2020

Inmates worried about COVID, says prison is ticking time bomb. | SMN News
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PHILIPSBURG:--- Inmates at the Pointe Blanche prison sounded an even louder alarm this weekend urging the powers-that-be to get serious about restructuring the prison system or risk facing a situation they will not be able to control. The inmate association, speaking through their representative Sjamira Roseburg, said Minister of Justice Anna Richardson constantly lies about the situation at the prison, thinking that inmates don’t have a voice to get the real story out.

First and foremost, they said, the covid-19 situation has caused serious concern at the prison among inmates who feel like they are already treated like sub-human. The


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