ST. CROIX — A Virgin Islands prisoner who was shipped to the U.S. in March of 2016 by the V.I. Bureau of Corrections as part of the Mapp administration’s efforts to fight crime, has died in the mainland facility where he was being held.<\/p>\n
That’s according to Senator Alicia Hansen, who received confirmation that the prisoner died over a week ago\u00a0at the\u00a0Saguaro Correctional Center<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in Arizona, which holds a total of 1,926 inmates. However, details surrounding the inmate’s death were not released to the family; the family was only told that the inmate had died, according to Mrs. Hansen. The inmate was 1 of 67 V.I. prisoners who were sent to the Arizona facility last year<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Mrs. Hansen expressed dismay that the family had yet to receive information as to how their relative passed. \u201cWe are paying hand over fist for this service, which I never agreed with to begin with,” she said. The notice of the inmate’s death came late, too, with the family being notified on Wednesday, despite the death occurring on Sunday.<\/p>\n In March of 2016, 105 inmates were sent from the Virgin Islands Golden Grove Correctional Facility to the mainland. Along with the 67 prisoners sent to Arizona, another 38 inmates were sent to the Citrus County Detention Facility in Florida.<\/p>\n