Dodds Prison Explained

Dodds Prison
Coordinates:	13.142°N -59.4813°W
Capacity:	1150^[1]
Population:	874
Opened:	15 October 2007
Warden:	Lt. Col. John A. Nurse, Superintendent^[2]
City:	Dodds, St. Philip
Country:	Barbados
Website:	https://www.gov.bb/government-main/departments/prison-department/

Dodds Prison, previously called Her Majesty's Prison Dodds until the dissolution of the Barbadian Crown, is a prison in Barbados at Dodds, St. Philip.^{[3] [4]} It was built as a replacement for HM Glendairy Prison, which has been permanently decommissioned.^{[5] [6]}

In 2015 it was reported that the prison's medical unit did not have its own ambulance or full-time medical staff.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Dodds nearly full but AG not worried . Barry . Alleyne . 24 May 2015. NationNews Barbados.
2. Web site: Barbados . World Prison Brief.
3. News: Fewer inmates at Dodds . Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) . 5145197 . 22 October 2009 . 8 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230548/http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/article?id=5145197. 2016-03-03. dead.
4. Web site: Dodds Continues Rehabilitation Focus . Julia . Rawlins-Bentham . 20 October 2017. Government Information Service.
5. Web site: New jail takes shape . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310184733/http://www.nationnews.com/story/286807153602673.php . dead . March 10, 2007 . NationNews Barbados . August 16, 2006.
6. Web site: HMP Glendairy Prisons Decommissioned . Julia . Rawlins-Bentham . 1 November 2016. Government Information Service.
7. News: Dodds red light . Tameish . Sobers. 9 December 2015. NationNews Barbados.