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Man jailed for throwing book at Magistrate

Kaieteur News : "Bisham Emandin, the man who threw the book “the Deceit of Lucifer” at Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid Edmond on July 2nd 2009 while she was presiding at the New Amsterdam Remand Centre was on Friday fined $25,000 or an alternative of three months in prison. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when Emandin appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

Dominica struggles with overcrowded jails

People's Daily Online : "Jails in the Dominican Republic are overcrowded and prisoner numbers are 182 percent more than their allowable capacity, prison authorities said on Monday. The country's jails now hold over 20,000 more prisoners than the designed capacity of the prisons, Manuel Sanchez, Dominica's prisons inspector general, said in a report.

Ailing Jamaican fighting deportation freed from detention

JamaicaObserver.com : "ORLANDO, Florida, CMC – A legal permanent resident from Jamaica, who has languished in a detention center in Louisiana for five years, as his health deteriorates, has finally been freed. Carlyle Leslie Owen Dale, 61, who had worked in New York for three decades, was released on Friday. Immigration advocates said he seemed at risk of dying in an Oakdale, Louisiana, immigration jail, while his court appeals against an order of deportation languished."

The Nation Newspaper | Killers freed

The Nation Newspaper Killers freed : "THREE MEN who were part of a gang who killed Bajan-Yankee Earlyn Garnes 16 years ago have appealed to young people to stay away from bad company. These comments came as the three had their first taste of freedom as mature men when they walked out the doors of Harrison Point jail yesterday afternoon. "

The Nation Newspaper | THREE FREE

The Nation Newspaper THREE FREE : "THREE OF THE MIDDLEMEN who gave the orders that resulted in the execution of former prime minister Maurice Bishop and some of his cabinet colleagues were released from jail yesterday after serving 23-1/2 years for their part in the October 1983 killings. It was just after 4:30 p.m. when former army officers Chris Stroude (major), Lester Redhead (captain) and Cecil Prime (first lieutenant), walked out of the Richmond Hill Prison to cheers from a few family members and friends. "