Police are searching for a prisoner who escaped from Government House last Friday while operating under Fox Hill Prison’s work programme.
Nikita Jean, 18, whose last known address was Cowpen Road, was serving a prison sentence for a drug offence.
He reportedly met his getaway while working at Government House last Friday.
According to Prison Superintendent Dr. Elliston Rahming escapes like this are “bound to happen at some point”.
Each day over 200 inmates take part in the prison work programme.
Some of them work within the prison confines while others are allowed to work at various locations outside Her majesty’s Prison as they are considered more trustworthy.
Dr. Rahming said he is confident in the ability of the prison officers to supervise the inmates and noted that the record for recapturing those who escape is still “enviable”.
Any inmate who attempts to escape automatically receives an additional two year sentence.
Source: The Tribune
