Call to Educate All Inmates

Call to educate all inmates

While Dodds Prison inmates must serve their time, they also deserve to be rehabilitated, says Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams.He gave the reminder to prison officers yesterday who he said had a duty to correct and educate.“The face of a prison has changed. Once upon a time it was licks and lock up, but we must take care of, educate, rehabilitate and enhance the skills of every person who is here,” Abrahams said.He was speaking at the S…

Prison officers graduate from intensive farming programme to boost self-sufficiency - Barbados Today

Dodds Prison has taken a major step towards transforming itself into a model of self-reliance and national development, as nine correctional officers graduated on Friday from an intensive agriculture programme aimed at making the island’s main prison 80 per cent self-sufficient in food production. The training was delivered over six weeks beginning in January and formed part of the Barbados Prison Agriculture Expansion Project, a collaborative e…

Nine prison officers graduate from agriculture course – Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

Nine members of the Barbados Prison Service (Dodds), including one woman, have successfully graduated from an Introduction to Agriculture Production course.The six-week programme is a collaboration between Dodds and the University of the West Indies Centre for Agricultural Research and Innovation.It forms part of a long-term vision to restore the Dodds Prison Farm to its full potential.Rachelle Agard attended the graduation ceremony and tour of …