The Commissioner of Prisons Seychelles met with incoming members of the 2nd cohort from Tanzanian Prison Service who started to arrive to replace the 1st cohort. Induction process now underway. A positive working arrangement between respective prison services remains.
Towards a professional prison service
By now, citizens and those who choose to be informed on the workings of the prison service will be aware that on August 21, 2020 it will be my distinct honour and privilege, this time with the support of the James R. Mancham Peace and Diplomacy Institute at the University of Seychelles, as well as the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) to host a symposium entitled ‘Crime and punishment. Have we got the balance right?’
In fact, this will be the third event that will have been organised since my appointment as superintendent of prisons. The events have provided an opportunity for the prison service to engage with stakeholders and as well as providing updates on progress and way forward. I expect that this event, to be held next Friday, will as well provide the same opportunities.
The Seychelles Prison Service has confirmed that during the late afternoon of Saturday September 5, 2020, custodial staff conducting checks in inmate cell blocks recovered suspected hashish from the shoe of one inmate.
The Seychelles Prison Service (SPS) has welcomed 18 Seychellois staff after successfully completing their probationary phase.
They were confirmed in their post in a ceremony held yesterday at the SPS headquarters at Montagne Posée.
The newly confirmed staff presented themselves for a short drill and inspection, before they each signed the prison service ‘Code of Ethics’, this before the Superintendent of Prisons, Superintendent Raymond St Ange, and other assembled officers.
New date for Prison Day announced.
The Seychelles Prison Service on Tuesday celebrated for the second time the Feast of St Adrian which is observed on September 8 each year.
The prison service adopted St Adrian as its patron saint of prison guards at a special ceremony held last year at the parish of St Francis at Baie Lazare.
Adrian of Nicodemia, Turkey was martyred in 306 A.D. Converting to Christianity while in service as an imperial guard to Emperor Diocletianus, he suffered as a result of defending those in custody and awaiting trial in the imperial courts.
The Seychelles Prison Service has announced that its new reception facility being built at the Montage Posée prison is nearing completion and is expected to be in operation during the first week of October.
Costing over R2 million and built by Nicks & Co Construction, the facility once commissioned will function as a reception and control point for visitors and staff accessing or leaving the prison service’s main prison facility located at Montagne Posée.
