Jamaican women escape from Immigration Detention Centre in Antigua

On January 21st, two Jamaican females managed to escape from the Immigration Department’s detention facility at Coolidge.

According to sources, one of the detainees was a student, and the other one was a hairdresser.

It is being reported that they broke the glass of a bathroom window and fled the premises while the four officers on duty were allegedly distracted by a TV program.

Despite the officers’ search efforts, the escapees were not found by Sunday night.

Reportedly, the two women were being sponsored by a Trinidad and Tobago national with an Antigua and Barbuda passport. As of Sunday night, authorities could not locate the escapees.