(Courtesy Office of the Attorney General) He dismissed the notion that the government might reach out to the United National Congress (UNC) to play a formal role in the fight against the pandemic. That apart he repeatedly condemned the opposition party for leading an unspecified number of litigants against the state in Covid-19 related matters. In the issue of domestic violence, Al-Rawi explained that victims will receive ‘corresponding bracelets’ to their assailants which would ‘warn you if the person against whom an order is made is in close proximity to you’.Īl-Rawi urged the opposition to support the amendments. Children convicted of summary and indictable offences: 33.Children charged with summary and indictable offences, who were granted bail that they were unable to access: 16.
Serving terms of imprisonment in default of maintenance fines: 44.Convicted of summary or indictable offences and sentenced to terms exceeding one year but in their final year of imprisonment: 459.Charged with summary offences but unable to access bail: 137.Convicted summarily of indictable offences: 62.
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Photo: An unidentified male sports an electronic monitoring device.Īlready, 121 persons were set free from prison while another 836 inmates also qualify for early release from prison. However, he did not offer details on when the system would be ready or how many persons could be tagged at one time. The attorney general cooed too about the creation of a new division called ‘Office of the Public Defender’-which will handle cases previously done by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service-and an electronic monitoring system that could be a key component of ‘robust amendments’ to the domestic violence act.Īl-Rawi suggested that the electronic monitoring system could be utilised for the ‘low risk’ prisoners who are being sent home as part of the government’s measures to stop the spread of Covid-19. At the second time of asking, he offered only that the containers should cost TT$70,000 each. “We have taken containers and converted them into court rooms.”Īl-Rawi said each container would be retrofitted with relevant IT equipment at a ‘modest cost’ but declined to give the estimate budget for the project. “It involves simply, containerised solutions,” said the attorney general. By then, there should be four each at Golden Grove and the Maximum Security Prison with one apiece at the Women’s Prison, ECRC, YTRC and the Port of Spain prison. I am extremely pleased.”Īl-Rawi said the government has six virtual courts in operation and promised that this number will be doubled within a week. “It is something we have been working on for the last four to five years.
“This is a huge milestone for Trinidad and Tobago,” said Al-Rawi, at today’s press conference. Photo: An Amalgamated Security vehicle transports prisoners to court. The aforementioned legal matters, according to Al-Rawi, take up the bulk of cases involving prisoners and contribute significantly to an annual cost of roughly TT$80 million in prisoner transport. Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi hailed an imminent judicial milestone for Trinidad and Tobago today as he said that virtual courtrooms are here to stay and will be the default method for ‘judge alone trials, bail hearings, remand sentences and charge matters’.
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