The Parole Board of the U.S. Virgin Islands will convene meetings to hear testimonies from persons for and against Virgin Islands prisoners being held at several off-island prisons, the board announced recently. The hearings will last over the course of several days beginning next month.
The Parole Board said it will meet inmates at the Citrus County Detention Facility on November 26; at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, located in Tutwiler, MS, on November 28; at the Keen Mountain Correctional Facility in Oakwood, VA on November 30; at Red Onion State Prison in Big Stone Gap, VA; and at the Wallen Ridge State Prison located in Pound, VA.
On December 7 the board will meet with inmates at the Golden Grove Correctional Facility.
All meetings will start at 8:00 a.m. and the afternoon sessions will start at 12:30 p.m., according to the Parole Board.
On November 24 at the Golden Grove Correctional Facility, the board will be taking information of individuals who will be sharing testimony on behalf of or against any inmate located at the Citrus County Detention Center, the Tallahatchie County Correctional Center, the Keen Mountain Correctional Center, the Red Onion State Prison, and the Wallen Ridge State Prison.
The Board will be traveling to the mainland to conduct parole hearings for the following inmates at the following prisons:
Monday, November 26, 2018 – inmates at Citrus County Detention Center
Inmates' Names and Offense(s) Committed
Kamal Thomas: Assault 3rd Degree; Using a Dangerous Weapon during a 3rd Degree Assault; Threat to a Witness
Joseph Frith: Aggravated Rape 2nd Degree, Incest; Domestic Violence
Jody Penn: Murder 2nd Degree
Aleak Edwards: Aggravated Rape, Aggravated Assault & Battery; Child Abuse
Frank Hughley: Aggravated Rape; Unlawful Sexual Contact
Allen E. Samuel: Burglary 3rd Degree
Lamar Richardson: Voluntary Manslaughter
Stephanie Abel: Assault 2nd Degree
Sovive Clarke: Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor
John Southwell: Murder 2nd Degree
Vernon Rawlins: Robbery 1st Degree
Samuel Mulley: Assault 1st
Claudio Ponce: Grand Larceny
Akeel Ownes: Voluntary Manslaughter
Toma Harrington: Assault 1st Degree; Using or Possessing A Dangerous weapon During a commission or Attempted Commission if a Crime of Violence
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 – inmates at Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (Mississippi)
Inmates' Names and Offense(s) Committed
Eric Barnes: Aggravated Rape
Lucien Joseph Francis: Murder 2nd Degree; Possession of a Dangerous Weapon
Lloyd Wilkinson: Robbery 1st Degree
Raymond Williams: Murder 2nd Degree; Voluntary Manslaughter, Attempted Murder; Assault 1st Degree; Carrying and Using a Dangerous Weapon
Roger Petersen: Robbery 1st Degree; Assault 1st Degree
Friday, November 30, 2018 – inmates at Keen Mountain Correctional Center, Red Onion State Prison and Wallen Ridge State Prison
Inmates' Names and Offense(s) Committed
Kaseem Bruno: Aggravated child abuse
Bertrand Gilkes: Murder 2nd Degree
Ottley Smith: Burglary 3rd Degree
Jim Powell: Involuntary Manslaughter
Thursday, December 7, 2018
Inmates' Names and Offense(s) Committed
Wesley Matthias: Unlawful Sexual Contact 1st Degree
Edgardo Ortiz, Jr.: Assault Third Degree (4 Counts); Unauthorized Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm; Parole violation
Michael James: Burglary 1st Degree; Unlicensed possession of a firearm; parole violation
Nathaniel Hazell: Murder 2nd; Parole violation
Winston Georges: Aggravated Rape 2nd Degree/Domestic Violence
Albert Marcelle, Jr.: Attempted Robbery 1st Degree
According to the release, persons interested in giving information to the board or testifying at the hearing, must submit written comments to the board or advise the board of the desire to appear and testify. Such notices must be received by at least three days prior to November 19. Written comments or requests to testify should be addressed to: Debra Liburd, Project Coordinator, Parole Bureau of Correction Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility R.R. 1, Box 9950 Kingshill, VI 00851 Tel: 340-778-0400 x 4705 Fax: 340-712-3117 Email: [email protected]
Feature Image: Red Onion Supermax prison in Virginia.
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