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Update | Correctional officer dies after being stabbed by inmate

The correctional officer who was stabbed by an inmate at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre this morning has died. He has been identified as Jimel Westley. He died during surgery. The Department of Correctional Services reported earlier...

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