‘We cannot change postures and behaviours overnight’ -Prison inquiry Chairman urges patience for reforms

Retired judge James Patterson says it will take a large scale operation as well as money to fix the broken prison system and is urging the public to be patient with the process as it cannot be done in the short term.

“This is a maximum operation that has to be done. Then you have to get the money for it. We gotta build structures…you gotta train people and that takes time and you have to do something about correcting the new intake…,” Justice Patterson, who chaired the recent Commission of Inquiry into the fatal Camp Street Prison fire, told Stabroek News.

Justice Patterson, who is the former Chief Justice of Grenada, pointed out that the inquiry had to