GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) has welcomed six new recruits to the service this month. The new prison officers join HMCIPS following an extensive recruitment drive earlier in the year with almost 400 applications initially received for the role. The six successful candidates were selected following a rigorous, multi-phased selection […]
Twin focus on development & rehabilitation for Cayman Islands incarcerated persons
Twin Focus on Development & Rehabilitation for HMCIPS Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) is set to increase the educational portfolio offered to incarcerated persons in 2019. In the months ahead the HMCIPS will build on its already wide catalogue of existing courses offered through the rehabilitation unit, with new programmes that expand its […]
Hunger strikes: Cayman Islands officials continue to monitor IDC detainees
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Department of Immigration (DOI) has received notification that four detainees are still currently refusing regular meals provided by the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC). A group comprised of eight detainees began refusing regular meals from staff on Monday, 2 July 2018. The individuals are said to be protesting the time it […]
Cayman Islands: HMCIPS Director resigns
4 Years of Progress The Ministry of Home Affairs regretfully announces the resignation of Neil Lavis as Director of Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS). Mr. Lavis joined HMCIPS, which includes HMP Northward and HMP Fairbanks, in June 2013. During his tenure, he introduced several new policies and procedures to improve the standard of […]
Cayman Islands Prison inmates complete STP programme
HMCIPS Inmates Complete STP Programme Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) leaders, chaplaincy volunteers and family members recently joined together to celebrate 10 inmates who had completed the Sycamore Tree Project (STP). The rehabilitation programme is based on the principles of restorative justice and covers topics such as the effects of crime, responsibility, confession, […]
Cayman prisoners pick up trash
HMCIPS Inmates Give Back to the Community Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) has rolled out its new community works programme this month, as inmates hit the streets with trash bags in hand, ready to give back to the community. “We are thrilled to launch this pilot clean-up project called “Prison Community Work Party”,” […]
Cayman Islands: HMCIPS officers to receive training in the UK
Over the next three months, 12 staff members with Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) will travel to the United Kingdom (UK) for training geared towards upskilling correctional staff in Overseas Territories. On Saturday (19 August 2017), two officers travelled to the UK to participate in the Middle Management Intensive Development Programme with the […]
HMCIPS Caymanian officer Promoted
Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service is proud to announce the recent promotion of the department’s newest Caymanian prison officer. Ms. Roxanne Walton started her career as an Operational Support Grade (OSG) officer in October 2015. After working for more than a year in that position and then understudying senior officers, Ms. Walton was selected […]