British Virgin Islands (BVI) Superintendent of Prisons David Foot, in an interview with BVI news, has said that the 21 inmates who were transferred to a prison facility in St Lucia will likely spend another six to nine months there before being transferred back to the territory. The 21 prisoners, classified as high-risk, were transferred to the Bordelais Correctional Facility following severe damage to sections of Her Majesty’s Prison, during Hurricane Irma. Foot
explained that the 6 to 9 month time frame is necessary in order to facilitate repair works at the local prison. BVI says it will be looking to bring those prisoners back as soon as they can get the prison into a safe state. He stated that there is a lot of work to do, with fences still down, and the roofs still damaged in the main parts of the prison. The Minister says once that repair work is done, then they will get those prisoners back.