Author | Journalist | Librarian | Prison Reform Activist
The Prison Debate Project began in my Port of Spain Prison CXC English language class in 2015. In July, 2018 the Wishing for Wings Foundation and prisons had an inter-station debates competition among the eight prisons: Carrera, the Eastern Correctional Rehabilitation Centre (ECRC), Golden Grove, Golden Grove Remand, Port of Spain Prison, the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) and the Youth Training Centre (YTC) and Women's Prison. MSP placed first, Golden Grove Remand placed second, Carrera placed third and Port of Spain Prison placed fourth. The top ten debaters out of 40 participants made up an all star debate team, which calls itself Team Intellect. The top ten debaters come from four prisons: Carrera, ECRC, Golden Grove Remand and MSP. On January 3, the team faced off against the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) over a classic nature vd. nurture debate on whether crime is innate or driven by society. Team Intellect beat UTT by 350 points.
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ISPS librarian Debbie Jacob and the all-star prison debate team comprised of inmates from The Eastern Correctional Rehabilitation Centre, Carrera (ECRC), Golden Grove Remand and Maximum Security Prison (MSP) The prison team beat UTT at a debate in MSP on January 29.
My Wishing for Wings Foundation is the proud sponsors of many skill-based programmes. In Port of Spain Prison, we have sponsored a certified barbering class, a PVC furniture-construction class and a decorative tiling class.
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My Wishing for Wings Foundation is the proud sponsors of many skill-based programmes. In Port of Spain Prison, we have sponsored a certified barbering class, a PVC furniture-construction class and a decorative tiling class.
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With the kind assistance of Children's Ark, Wishing for Wings set up a library where death row cells used to be located. Inmates tore out the cells, Children's Ark refurbished the area, librarian and fashion desinger Ijanaya Jacob came up with the design for the library and a reading area where inmates can read to their children. The artists located at Carrera, implemented Ijanaya's designs in an area, where they once served time in those death row cells before being sent to Carrera.
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The transformation from death row cells to Children's Ark Library.
