Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar shows members of the media the Special Prisons Committee report during a press conference at the Noor Hassanali Room of Parliament, Tower D, International Waterfront Centre, Port-of-Spain on Friday. At right is the chairman of the committee, Prof Ramesh Deosaran.
PHOTO: MARCUS GONZALES
Prison reform has long been on the agenda of successive governments.