Six Bermudians Jailed In UK As Of Dec. 31 2012
Recent figures given during a Westminster debate in the UK showed there were six Bermudians incarcerated in England and Wales as of 31 December 2012. Numbers revealed last month indicated there were seven Bermudians incarcerated in England and Wales as of June 2012. That was a jump from 2011, when records indicate there was only one Bermudian jailed.
There were a total of 83,757 prisoners in the system as of the end of 2012, with 10,592 of them being foreign nationals. The foreign prisoners were divided by region, with Bermuda classified as part of the ‘West Indies’ which had some 1,007 citizens incarcerated in England and Wales at the end of 2012. Jamaicans made up the bulk of that number, with Jamaica listed at 821 — the highest number of any nation worldwide.
There was no information released on what the individuals were jailed for, or how long they were jailed for.
Nothing here surprises anybody.
bob would say,,,yah running and your running away but you cant run away from your self,,,
not suprised thinking about the lazy losers that go over there for the benifits,,,,men and women, all trash
Not everyone that has gone UK has gone for benefits. You do know alot of Bermudians were unable to find work in Bermuda !! Dont you?
I must agree with keepIT Real as well. There are quite a number of Bermudians that left for the UK simply because Bermuda has become a very small island with a gigantic problem! Jobs, education and financial security have turned many away. Unfortunately, there are a number (mostly younger men and possibly women) who left for reasons of personal security and unfortunately took the same mentality they had in Bermuda with them. I’ve heard of little “Bermudian” communities in some of the not so desirable areas of the UK where young Bermudian gangsters are also trying to make names for themselves (just not in a good way).
Yep, they are learning the hard way it is more difficult to be a “big fish” in a big pond.
Not to mention that the pond will freeze over in the winter.
some go away to escape having to pay child support. or escape having to go to jail for not paying child support.
U.K. can’t even get it right!!!!!we are NOT from West Indies!!!!!!nor are we near there!!!!If you are going to invade a territory at least know where it is especially when you consider Bermuda the oldest dependent territory …Why are our men locked up!!!??can we find out whether they were part of the “exchangeProgramme of protection”?
@Jake——First of all the lazy losers are those sitting their lazy butt on a superficial throne raking in millions for doing absolutely nothing but invading countries, mislocating people and poking in every countries business..F.U &OHMS! Bermudians are free to travel anywhere in the world to do whatever they like, especially Black bermudians! FREEEEEEDOMMMMMM!!!!
almostthere you are an idiot,
1st they didnt say bermuda was in the west indies, they said they where classified as in the west indies region. I would think its because with only 6 bermudians in the jail they would not have a separate region to classify them.
2nd you are not free to travel to any country and do as you like, every country has rules that all must follow when traveling there.
Hey skilla, Bermuda was not invaded. No one lived here when it was colonized.
I think your last sentence answers your fist question….
Jake Best get f#@ked!!!! The women and men born and raised, for YEARS have relied soley on the benefits system in uk. Don’t you go running your ignorant mouth about things you’ve picked off a grape vine that bears no fruit. You want to talk about ppl that are WORTHLESS (god I hope you’re British born) look at your own back yard. How many of your own family are taking the piss with the system. How many of your cousins or auntys and uncles your grandfather for Christ sake are or have been on it and still are and have NO intention of doing any better. (Bet you wish you kept your rat in its trap now) how dare you insult us Bermudian proud women like that. Listen you stupid pimple you’re annoying me and its things like you the world can actually do without!!
You was even raised off benefits one or the other and back in your patents day it was easier to scam the system. You really ruffled my feathers because you don’t know any of the people they have gone for the betterment. You’re going off of media and just like you they’re mostly incorrect in how they perceive and report things! #teamnobheadjakebest
Jake–take your head out of you backside, it’s not a hat. When you get a few minutes have a read of George Monbiot’s October 9th, 2012 article in the Guardian titled ” How Britain Plundered the globe for 300 years” Per Monbiot, Opium, Famine and banks all played their part in Britain’s plundering of the globe. Monbiot’s article puts the British Colonization of the world in perspective and any citizen of an ex or current British Colony should never fee guilty about whatever it gets back from Britain. Never! Consider this, it is estimated that the resource flow from India to Britain between 1793 and 1803 was in the order of 2 million pound a year, the equivalent of many billions today. The economic drain from India has not only been a major factor in india’s impoverishment, it has also been very significant in the industrial revolution in Britain!!
Colonial plunder permitted the British state to balance its resource deficits as well. For over 200 years a river of food flowed into Britain from India and the Cribbean and ah yes, Ireland.John Newsingers book, “The Blood Never dried” reveals that in 1748 Jamaica alone sent 17,400 tons of sugar to Britain; by 1815 this had risen to 73,800 tons. It was all produced by stolen labour! It was an accepted fact that Britain outsourced famine as well as social unrest in order to achieve their goals! Several million Indians died through starvation as a result of Britains policies.
Britains practices in Egypt, China and many other countries where equally as ruthlesss. Opium was indirectly pumped into the Chinese veins by what is now a major corporate giant of British heritage.
Behind Portugal, Britain was the 2nd largest slave trading nation in the world. Of the 11 million African slaves catured, transported and sold by European nations, Britain accounted for 24%!!!!!
So, Jamaicans and other folks from the West Indies, Africans, South Africans, Indians, Chinese,Egyptians, Bermudians and any other child of a British colony has my backing when they claw back some of Britains ill gotten riches.
The UK are preparing to disown Bermuda! Damn they probably would love to just give us away at this rate….very sad indeed
Again Jamaica must be so proud of its international citizens
Yes we are very proud of our many Doctors, Lawyers, scientists, best selling anthers, Movie stars, Sprinters, US Congress Men and Women. In case you didn’t know, Secretary Of States Colin Powell’s both parents were Jamaicans, so we are proud of him too. Our many super models, both male and female, our Ms. World winners, our Script Spelling Be winner, our Engineers, Accountants, Pilots, both in the military and commercial, just to name a few. We don’t get bothered by the very minute few, who choose to live a life of crime. We do however, hold the vast majority of successful Jamaicans in high regard and teach our children about their successes. Our limit is the sky, we can survive and thieve anywhere on the globe we choose to venture. We are not cursed with the “Small Island mentality” that is so prevalent here, which fosters mediocrity and says, I can only compete in Bermuda. We compete in every industry worldwide, and are as good, or even better than the people that sometimes would want to use the negatives to criticize us.
I do pity your ignorance though, you were brain washed to believe that, the mere fact that you are Bermudian, you are some how, superior to the folks Up South. How troubling it most be, when you don’t see or feel that.
Ya Mon!!
Bernews it would be nice for the sake of balance if you could tell us how many UK born nationals are up at Westgate. You can add the number of foreign nationals and where they are from as well.
You have to smile at the comments that some people make because there are many reasons people choose to go to the U.K, I for one would not even give it a second thought to stay in this country if my mother were not still alive.
I honor my parents and the sacrifice they have made and their parents and only have my mother left out of both of my parents,but when she is gone,she knows the state Bermuda is in,I have absolutely no reason that I want to be here.so unless things change I can fully understand why people leave this place and for the nay sayers,I am not talking about guns,crime and violence.
You will get that anywhere you go in the World,but we are to small of a place to have to deal with the foolishness that we are experiencing,you have people from all over the world working on this little dot and making it better then those that live here,so maybe if I become a foreigner is somebody elses land I would do well for myself.also for the record the system in the U.K. does not put you through the ringer and dont help you like our system here,so there may not be a lot that folk like about the brits but they seem to be doing more for Bermudiand then our very own Government here.
@ fashion police. Actually it was Peter Tosh sing “Your Running Away” to Bob Marely who was living in Delaware, United States who should have been back in Kingston, doing his Musical Art.
For all of you that like to think that sticking with the mother country is the smart thing to do. Why didn’t they just issue u a British passport. When you was born you didn’t have to apply to take your mother or fathers name. It came automatically. Why doesn’t your British citizenship come automatically. They don’t really give a damn about you. Never did and never will. For all of you who think that race is no longer an issue. You don’t find it strange that as large as the royal family there is no black family members. Prince Harry likes getting himself in to some binds. Let him take a black girlfriend home to Buckingham Palace. Now there’s a controversy.
ya all typing CRAP!
Jon, you comments made my day! Couldn’t have said it better myself
The comments on Bernews make me wary of the people I share my home with.
Noted… Jamaica listed at 821 — the highest number of any nation worldwide!!
That is the only thing that Jamaica excels at is producing criminals and Usain Bolt!!
NO SURPRISES THERE!!!
@Just Sayin… Prince Harry would never disgrace the *Monarchy* in that fashion even as a “loose cannon” – as they do have their “standards” to uphold and British protocol MUST and will be followed!!!
The Queen and the Monarchy sets-the-example for the rest of the Commonwealth and the world and they don’t invite or like “scandals”!!!
@smh says:
February 11, 2013 at 4:45 pm…. **BINGO** to your comment!! It is what it is!!
@jake best says:
February 11, 2013 at 10:17 am…. Hey “young whippersnapper” – I went to the UK in 1968 (45 yrs ago) and probably before you were produced – to serve in the British RAF for 9 yrs!! What have YOU done!!
What have YOU done for Queen and country?????