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Acting Commissioner of Prisons Carlos Corraspe has been placed on vacation leave, according to Prison Officers Association (POA), which described it as standard procedure within the Public Service.
The POA said officers are encouraged not to accumulate more than 90 days vacation.
The POA has denounced media reports that suggest Carraspe was sent on administrative leave.
“This assertion is both inaccurate and unfair to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and to Mr Carraspe himself,” the statement said.
A senior prison officer was also sent on leave late Thursday.
Hayden Forde has been appointed to act as Prison Commissioner.
Corraspe, who has served the Prisons Service for over 35 years, had been appointed acting Commissioner of Prisons by the Public Service Commission in July 2024.
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