The burglar bars are still in place, but the sash windows are gone, along with several appliances and furniture from the main entrance building of the former Glendairy Prison.
The brazen theft of two refrigerators, a television, 40 metal chairs, a table top stove, two coolers, a coffee table and two of the three chairs from a living room suite at the Station Hill, St Michael facility, has left former prison officers bewildered.
President of the Barbados Association of Retired Prison Officers (BARPO), Mark Phillips, yesterday pointed to a hole in the fence inside of the property which he suspected was an access point.Â
He also highlighted at least two cars in the bushy courtyard which he said were exhibits in court matters and had been in good condition when placed there, but had now been stripped.
Phillips and several members of the association had to wait on an officer from the National Housing Corporation (NHC) yesterday to open the main doors so they could remove the rest of the items they left at the prison in March. It was the last time they visited after the iconic property was decommissioned. (LK)
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