With as many as 700 people on remand at HMP Dodds, the Attorney General is urging 53 new attorneys to consider the practice of criminal law.
Adriel Brathwaite said while the high number of those on remand was unacceptable, there might be an ease to the situation as plea bargaining comes on stream in the next few weeks.
He was speaking at a Special Sitting in the No. 1 Supreme Court held to admit the new attorneys to the Bar yesterday. The ceremony was witnessed by members of the judiciary, the magistracy, the Barbados Bar and Solicitor General’s chambers as well as scores of relatives and friends.
“(Yesterday) morning, I saw a report that suggested that we had around 700 individuals on remand which is unacceptable − that situation. And I want as soon as possible to see how we can remedy that situation,” he told the special sitting. (HLE)
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