CHICKENPOX OUTBREAK AT MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON

The Prison Officers' Association is raising concern over a reported outbreak of chickenpox at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca.

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00:00The Prisons Officers Association is raising concern over a reported presence of chicken pox

00:06at the maximum security prison in Uruka.

00:09In a statement posted to its official Facebook page yesterday,

00:13the association said several cases of chicken pox have been identified at the facility.

00:18The group is advising its members to adhere to the strictest health and safety protocols

00:23to reduce the risk of transmission not only to themselves but to their families.

00:28The association stressed that the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service has a duty of care

00:34to protect officers, inmates and, by extension, the wider public.

00:39It added that incidents such as this once again highlight what it describes as

00:44long-standing deficiencies within the prison system, particularly in times of public health concern.

00:51No official statement has been issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service on the matter.