USVI – The V.I. Department of Health (“DOH”) formally lifted the public health quarantine at the St. Thomas Jail last week. DOH put the quarantine in place following a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility in August. There has been no suspected or reported case of coronavirus at the John A. Bell Facility (a/k/a “Golden Grove”)
St. Croix/St. Thomas – After 23 years of faithful service, Dr. Leighman Lu officially retired from the Bureau of Corrections (“Bureau” or “BOC”) on August 31, 2020. After his retirement, Dr. Lu agreed to provide service to prisoners at the St. Thomas Jail on a contractual basis until a replacement psychiatrist could be found… READ
USVI – The Virgin Islands Parole Board advises the public that the Board will convene on October 14, 2020, to hear testimony from victims, family members of victims, or other interested persons for and against the application for parole by inmates incarcerated at various penal institutions. Anyone who wishes to share a testimony on behalf of
MEMORANDUM TO: All Bureau of Corrections Staff FROM: Wynnie Testamark, Director Confirmed COVID-19 Cases at CJC (St. Thomas Jail) DATE: August 11, 2020 At approximately 10:30 p.m., Sunday, August 9, 2020, the Bureau learned that a detainee at the Alexander A. Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex (“CJC”) on St. Thomas had tested positive for the novel
MEMORANDUM TO: All Bureau of Corrections Staff FROM: Wynnie Testamark, Director RE: Setting the Record Straight on GGACF Staff Sent Home Monday DATE: August 13, 2020 An article that appeared in the V.I. Consortium yesterday about the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility (“Golden Grove”) contained false