Jamaican human rights group involved about dying of mentally unwell inmate

A human rights group, ‘Stand Up For Jamaica’, is sounding the alarm following the dying of an inmate, Leroy Bailey, on Monday (September 11).

Bailey was held at Jamaica’s Tower Road Grownup Correctional Heart.

A long time with out justice

Stories are that Bailey, a mentally unwell particular person, was imprisoned for 22 years on the discretion of the Governor Normal. 

This incarceration technique primarily permits detainees to be held indefinitely with out trial. 

The group’s Govt Director Carla Gullotta shared that Bailey was not convicted of any crime, and expressed that the justice system has uncared for instances like Bailey’s.

Echoes of a previous tragedy

She shared that the group has lengthy campaigned for the rights of inmates trapped throughout the justice system. 

A earlier case that sparked outrage was that of Noel Chambers. After being detained at Tower Road since February 1980, Chambers died in 2020 — a stunning 40 years in jail with out ever being tried or convicted.

A plea for transparency and accountability

Drawing consideration to the broader situation, Gullotta highlights her group’s struggles with the Ministry of Nationwide Safety and different associated businesses. She expressed that their requests for details about the state of mentally unwell inmates have constantly been met with silence.

A name for a complete evaluate

She has known as on The Impartial Fee of Investigations (INDECOM) to conduct a full and thorough investigation into the fast occasions surrounding Bailey’s dying, and the historical past and context of the circumstances main as much as his dying.

Moreover, Gullotta needs a fee inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the confinement of mentally unwell people in prisons and the detentions sanctioned by the Governor Normal and the courts.

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