Man flees after trying to throw package into prison

A man fled from the Port-of-Spain Prison on Tuesday morning after prison officers caught him attempting to throw a package over the facility’s perimeter wall. The incident has prompted the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) to renew its call for a modern CCTV surveillance system at the prison. He said the recent incidents involving people throwing or attempting to throw contraband over the prison walls showed the urgent need for improved surveillance. The Prison Service warned that trafficking or attempting to traffic prohibited articles into or out of a prison is an offence under the Prisons Act, Chap. The Prison Service said it would continue working with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and other law enforcement agencies to detect, investigate and prosecute such offences.