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Caribbean L 22 ife, APR. 30-MAY 6, 2021
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
Trinidad
A Trinidad and Tobago attorney Alan
Pariagsingh has been appointed a master
of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme
Court (ECSC).
The local attorney
was appointed recently
by Dame Justice Janice
Pereira, chief justice of
the ECSC.
Pariagsingh will preside in the
civil and criminal jurisdictions of the
Supreme Court.
Pariagsingh, 36, who has become
one of the youngest attorneys to be
appointed to the office, is a graduate
of the Hugh Wooding Law School in
Trinidad and the University of London,
where obtained a Bachelor of Law
degree.
He was the first attorney from T&T
to use the Privy Council’s electronic filing
system to file matters in the Privy
Council, eliminating the need for a
solicitor in the Privy Council.
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Senate passes Myrie bill to
grant merit time for college
credits earned in prison
By Nelson A. King
The State Senate on April 21, passed
legislation (S.261) sponsored by state Sen.
Zellnor Y. Myrie (D-Central Brooklyn)
that would allow the New York State
Department of Corrections and Community
Supervision to consider higher education
credit earned by an incarcerated
New Yorker as grounds for “merit time”
reductions in sentences.
The legislation would permit certain
individuals to be considered for parole
early based on this expanded definition of
“merit time.”
“Today’s vote in the Senate underscores
the growing awareness that our
criminal legal system has, for too long,
emphasized punishment instead of rehabilitation,”
said Myrie, who represents
the 20th Senatorial District.
“This bill creates an incentive for incarcerated
New Yorkers to enroll in collegelevel
programs, develop job skills and prepare
for a successful re-entry,” he added.
Currently, Myrie — whose grandmother
hailed from Jamaica — said
merit time allowances can be granted
to incarcerated individuals who successfully
participate in work and treatment
programs assigned to them, along with
those who earn a GED, complete vocational
training or participate in approved
community service.
He said the bill expands the merit time
criteria by including college-level credits
as grounds for individuals who have been
convicted of nonviolent offenses to demonstrate
their rehabilitation.
“As a former class instructor in a maximum
security prison, I know first hand
how valuable higher education inside a
correctional facility can be,” Myrie said.
“Incentivizing education while incarcerated
not only benefits the individuals
who receive that education — by reducing
recidivism and increasing earning
potential — it also benefits the families
and communities to which they return.”
Myrie said individuals convicted of
violent felonies, sex crimes and additional
class A-I felony offenses — excluding
criminal possession and sale of controlled
substances — are not eligible for
merit time allowances and would not
be able to receive sentence reductions
through this program.
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