The Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections (BOC) operates the territory's correctional facilities.[1]
The Bureau of Corrections maintains a facility in Saint Croix,[2] the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility. As of October 1, 2014, 132 sentenced prisoners and 136 non-sentenced prisoners are at Golden Grove. The bureau also maintains jails on the island of St. Thomas:[3] those in the Alexander Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex (CJC) and the Alva A. Swan Annex.[2]
As of 2016[update] the BOC does not have a specific correctional officer training program, and instead has the police department train prison guards.[1]
Corrections historyedit
In 2014 the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge to force the USVI authorities to improve conditions at Golden Grove.[4] Prior to October 1, 2014, due to staffing shortages at Golden Grove, 78 adult prisoners, including 75 sentenced prisoners at Golden Grove and three held at the St. Thomas Jails who were deemed by prison authorities as "behavioral and management concerns", were transferred to the privately operated Citrus County Detention Facility in Citrus County, Florida.[3]
Circa 2013 USVI authorities stated that they were going to improve conditions at the St. Thomas jails, but a 2015 report from David Bogard, a security analysis, stated that the level of staffing since October 2014 had deteriorated.[5]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Corrections Officers from the Virgin Islands Attend BOP Training ." Federal Bureau of Prisons. November 2, 2016 . Retrieved on November 3, 2016.
^ ab"" (Archive). United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice. Retrieved on May 19, 2010. Alternate link
^ abBlackburn, Joy. "Corrections transfers 78 inmates to mainland prisons" ( 2015-03-22 at the Wayback Machine). Virgin Islands Daily News. October 1, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
^Blackburn, Joy. "Justice: V.I. has failed to fix prison" ( 2015-03-22 at the Wayback Machine). Virgin Islands Daily News. March 10, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
^Blackburn, Joy. "Report: Jail conditions worse than ever Staff shortages, lack of supervision, falsified reports among the issues" ( 2015-08-18 at the Wayback Machine). Virgin Islands Daily News. July 15, 2015. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice (Mirror link)
April 15, 2024
united, states, virgin, islands, department, justice, department, united, states, virgin, islands, government, sealagency, overviewemployees134jurisdictional, structuremap, showing, jurisdictional, arealegal, jurisdictionunited, states, virgin, islandsoperatio. The United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice is a department of the United States Virgin Islands government United States Virgin Islands Department of JusticeSealAgency overviewEmployees134Jurisdictional structureMap showing jurisdictional areaLegal jurisdictionUnited States Virgin IslandsOperational structureHeadquartersSaint Thomas U S Virgin Islands USAgency executiveAriel K Smith Attorney General of the United States Virgin IslandsParent agencyOffice of the Attorney GeneralWebsiteusvidoj wbr comContents 1 Corrections 1 1 Corrections history 2 References 3 External linksCorrections editThe Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections BOC operates the territory s correctional facilities 1 The Bureau of Corrections maintains a facility in Saint Croix 2 the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility As of October 1 2014 132 sentenced prisoners and 136 non sentenced prisoners are at Golden Grove The bureau also maintains jails on the island of St Thomas 3 those in the Alexander Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex CJC and the Alva A Swan Annex 2 As of 2016 update the BOC does not have a specific correctional officer training program and instead has the police department train prison guards 1 Corrections history edit In 2014 the U S Department of Justice asked a federal judge to force the USVI authorities to improve conditions at Golden Grove 4 Prior to October 1 2014 due to staffing shortages at Golden Grove 78 adult prisoners including 75 sentenced prisoners at Golden Grove and three held at the St Thomas Jails who were deemed by prison authorities as behavioral and management concerns were transferred to the privately operated Citrus County Detention Facility in Citrus County Florida 3 Circa 2013 USVI authorities stated that they were going to improve conditions at the St Thomas jails but a 2015 report from David Bogard a security analysis stated that the level of staffing since October 2014 had deteriorated 5 References edit a b Corrections Officers from the Virgin Islands Attend BOP Training Federal Bureau of Prisons November 2 2016 Retrieved on November 3 2016 a b Bureau of Corrections Archive United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice Retrieved on May 19 2010 Alternate link a b Blackburn Joy Corrections transfers 78 inmates to mainland prisons Archived 2015 03 22 at the Wayback Machine Virgin Islands Daily News October 1 2014 Retrieved on December 9 2015 Blackburn Joy Justice V I has failed to fix prison Archived 2015 03 22 at the Wayback Machine Virgin Islands Daily News March 10 2014 Retrieved on December 9 2015 Blackburn Joy Report Jail conditions worse than ever Staff shortages lack of supervision falsified reports among the issues Archived 2015 08 18 at the Wayback Machine Virgin Islands Daily News July 15 2015 Retrieved on December 9 2015 External links edit nbsp Caribbean portal nbsp United States portalUnited States Virgin Islands Department of Justice Mirror link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice amp oldid 1182654244, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
