AUTHORITIES ASSESS BORDELAIS PRISON RIOT

Law enforcement authorities are assessing the recent disturbance at the Bordelais correctional facility. Hundreds of prisoners who took over a unit at the prison, live-streamed their protests on the internet. Their lists of grievances include the threat of covid-19 and court delays. The special services unit of the royal Saint Lucia police force was called in to quell the uprising, resulting in injury to some officers in the process.