Prison guard accused in inmate’s death detained while attempting to leave country
Dwight Peters, the prison guard accused of body-slamming inmate Ricknaldo Isaac, which caused injuries leading to his death, has been detained by law enforcement officers.
He was allegedly attempting to leave the country Monday and is currently being held for questioning by St. John’s police.
Isaac, who was serving a one-year sentence at His Majesty’s Prison for malicious damage, died at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre in May.
He had been hospitalized for nearly two weeks after being left paralyzed following an alleged altercation with the guard, during which he sustained spinal injuries.
The death certificate for the 27-year-old cited pulmonary embolism due to quadriplegia as the cause.
It remains unclear as to what precipitated the brawl, but according to the deceased’s father, Aaron Isaac, his son had no conflict with other inmates. Isaac was laid to rest on September 5 after a funeral paid for by the state.
Peters was reportedly traveling with his football team and was prevented from leaving the island.
He has not been charged and his attorney Wayne Benjamin Marsh said the police had no right to prevent his client from leaving the island.
He has no criminal record and has not been charged for any crime.
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