Remanded prisoners outnumber convicted ones
Local attorney Daniel Davies has contended that there are currently more prisoners on remand at His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) at Balsum Ghut than persons who have actually been convicted of criminal offences.
Davies suggested that this was caused by a lack of criminal court judges and by the resulting extensive backlog of criminal matters on the court’s docket.
“Right now, we have huge court lists when it comes to the criminal court, at least in the High Court. We don’t have enough judges to deal with the situation,” Davies said.
He added: “One of the other issues that you’ve got is that the backlog is such that you have more people on remand than you have convicted…. in a building that was built for 60 [persons], you have 83 persons on remand.”
According to Davies, 27 of those persons are either awaiting trial or are in trial while the remaining 50-odd are ‘awaiting their day in court’.
Davies said there were just about 50 convicted imates at the prison and this meant there were fewer convicts than those that were actually on remand.
The attorney described the situation as an “unfortunate statistic” and suggested that the BVI reflect on the current court system and make some changes to help reduce the backlog of cases at the High Court.
“We’re going to have to really take a look at our criminal justice system and we’re going to have to see what things really need to remain a crime,” Davies added.
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Really? See what things really need to remain a crime? I hope you’ve been misquoted there!
“We’re going to have to really take a look at our criminal justice system and we’re going to have to see what things really need to remain a crime,” Davies added.
Suppose some of these people are innocent, who and how are we going to repay them?
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We can’t keep up with the crimes and criminals up deislun and Non Bvislander folks and their unfortunate gifts to our society in the form of births.
He’s always coming on here and covertly making excuses for the system. Not enough Jugdes my .ss. Most of it is incompetence with the DPP and Police. He’s always trying to make the Governor and commissioner’s look good come on.
of the BVI as a safe holiday island in the Caribbean is fading away due to increasing crime, inferior justice system and incompetent leaders.
The figures just don’t make any sense. Persons in the prison on remand have not been convicted.
If the DPP was not so afraid of going to Court, except to appear on bail hearings, then maybe there would be a few more trials and less people on remand (although with her success rate there would be lots of acquitals and less person in the prison). We need a new DPP to sort out the mess.
He was saying that in the context of decriminalizing marijuana, which currently fills court lists.
He gave the statistic of the total prison population being about 127 and out of those 83 were at the time on remand.
“We can’t keep up with the crimes and criminals up deislun and Non Bvislander folks and their unfortunate gifts to our society in the form of births.”
Look at this, aclear example of a non Black person trying to imwriternate one, in a continuing effort to continue to divide Black local against Black Eastern Caribbeaners.
This is so obvious and odorous it smells..
The chickens are coming hlme to roost. The punitive mentality in the Criminal Justice System and this society we live in.
He made the comment in reference to decriminalizing cannabis. Possession of a controlled substance, namely, cannabis, currently clogs up the court system.
DID U WIPE AFTER U FINISHED USING THE TOILET ? ( EVERY DAY IS THE SAME RACIST LYRICS WITH A DIFFERENT NAME ” DUH “
There are a many things about the Commissioner of Police actions that needs urgent independent review as they may be contributing to this problem:
1) His overall lack of performance.
2) His questionable closeness to the Governor who sheilds for him no matter what. There may be more here than meets the eye.
3) His questionable handling of Frandy’s case given the bye given to all involved who are white and are suspects.
4) Serious claims of him being racists.
5) Serious concerns over his challenges with the truth.
6) This questionable actions over this email. Where there is one there mostly likely will be more and much deeper in questionable conduct also. Other Caribbean & local police & public officers were sent home or put on leave by this Governor for less concerns than this email.
7) The greatest the force has ever been divided coupled with low morale.
8) His quick dismissing of wrong doing in the recent death of the UK officer who was found dead in his car in the sea. An urgent independent review of his cause of death needs to be done because school children say there is more here than meets the eye. Could it be he was on to a major thing inside and was going to expose that which may include information on such also about #2 above?
9)His lack of being able to be proactive to fight crime.
10)He seems to be focused on the COI plot at all costs at the expense of the overall safety of the BVI public. Probably this is why the Governor is protecting him no matter what.
11) Closed all out police stations and diplomatically called the BVI public liars and stupid when they said this was the case.
12) Seem to just arrest and investigate blacks just for the sake of doing so in most cases without the proper evidence so he can look good & effective thereby creating the backlog in the prison then wrongfully put the pressure and blame on the DPP. Could this be part of their bigger plot?
13) Failure to do succession planning for the police force.
14) Allegedly did a cover up investigation into some of his UK officers using the police boat to go island hoping to drink and getting drunk while on duty.
15) Allegedly did a cover investigation into his officers using the police boat to leave and enter the territory illegally as well as transport non police officers while doing so.
16) Allegedly unaccounted for some of the seized money and drugs over the years where the last COP needs to be included in this review also.
17) Allegedly selling governments vehicle and property with personal gain. The last few UK Commissioners need to be included in this review.
18) Concerns over income and personal accomplishments beyond salary. This also needs to include the last few UK Commissioners in this review.
The list is long but will stop there for now. There are too many concerns and allegations at the feet of this man and the last few UK COP which never reached the “so called” Governor’s independent COI. This COP needs to be relieved of his duties or sent home so an independent review & investigation be done in his performance but be done in a manner where the Governor cannot organize one to allow for a cover up. One wonders if this was a Caribbean or local person as Commissioner with all these public & internal concerns, if they would still be getting the Governor’s support and still be on the job? Just a question for food for thought but I think everyone knows the answer. The lawyer fellow is on to something bigger than all of us may think. Injustice anywhere is Injustice everywhere.
Stop spreading division propaganda in attempts to further divide two peoples and get them fighting each other.
Is your mind clean? Highly unlikely.
This here is a ell known site for raceos like you.
What are you doing about this wrong. This injustice as an attorney other than talking about it..
I am sure he is referring to small marijuana possession which has now been legalized across many countries or punishable by a ticketing system as opposed to clogging up the court system.
We have way too many criminals is the problem. If they dont behave, they will end up in jail on remand or convicted.
Be cognizant with thyself for even a toilet bowl can only accomodate one a**hole at a time.
“Really? See what things really need to remain a crime? I hope you’ve been misquoted there!”
He’s a lawyer… the language they use is one usually devoid of passion as they are aware of the consequence of saying the wrong thing.
Just a guess as I am not a lawyer but by the power of supernatural divination… here’s the translation *cough*
“LEGALIZE THE FLIPPING PLANT ALREADY!
WHAT IS THIS THE FLINTSTONES?! GET THIS BACKWARDS DONKEY COUNTRY INTO THE MODERN AGE & ACT LIKE WER HAVE SOME SENSE!
WE ARE STILL TAKING AWAY PEOPLES FREEDOM & WASTING THE COURTS TIME FOR A GRASS GREEN PLANT THAT NEVER KILLED NOT 1 PERSON.
THE LEGISLATION WAS PAID FOR, CONSULTED, WRITTEN BY LAWYERS, DEBATED IN HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, PASSED IN HOA.
GOSH DAMP!”
Davies is black! His father is Sam Davies ex Fisheries Officer. He’s an East End man.
Daniel is a local man, family Davies, school Enis Adams, ESHS, HLSCC etc. Stop being so preoccupied with the damn racial thing it distracts from the REAL problems.
What can he do? He talks about it to get attention to it. He stood for election to do something about it. It’s the DPP, the legislators and police can do action.
Since the possibility of Independence is buzzing, it would be foolish for the UK to assume the responsibility of erecting a much needed second stucture to house more of the mighty and limitless production of melanated criminals that were imported installed incubated and hatched.
These VI with its now declining financial ability will be right in line with their lookalikes of the Caribbean island chain while touting and hoisting a worthless rag mimicking a flag of worthiness as precious property values dwindle to match the price of well packaged toilet tissue.
Tis Truth
And the willfull idiocy is entertaining a duscussion about status.belongershi* et al
A ositive step going forward should be an immediate and systematic effort and steps to deport the human garbage that has accumulated and and stop its
production. Every aspect of a quality if life in.our VI had been eroded and degrade as a result of the immigrant influx from the upper Caribbean Islands and mainly those waving a rag and claiminng to be Independent.
Tis Truth
And the willfull idiocy is entertaining a duscussion about status.belongershi* et al
A positive step going forward should be an immediate and systematic effort and steps to deport the human garbage that has accumulated and and stop its
production. Every aspect of a quality of life in our VI has been eroded and degrade as a result of the immigrant influx from the upper Caribbean Islands and mainly those waving a rag and claiminng to be Independent.