Golden Grove News

An inmate at a troubled prison in the U.S. Virgin Islands has been arrested after police said they found 48 small bags of marijuana on him along with two scales.

LAWYERS are today expected to go to the Maximum Security Prison at Golden Grove in Arouca to visit the men serving life sentences after being convicted for the 1997 murder of pig farmer Thackoor Boodram, brother of executed killer Nankissoon Boodram aka Dole Chadee.

A 20-year-old inmate has been stabbed to death at a troubled prison in the U.S. Virgin Islands that federal officials are trying to take over because of security concerns.

The Virgin Islands government has transferred 66 male inmates to the U.S. mainland to improve security at a prison that federal officials have said is out of control.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion Thursday seeking to take full control of a troubled prison in the U.S. Virgin Islands.