Prisoners finish Partnership for Peace

Five years ago, Keon Edwards was hot tempered, and he hardly thought about his actions when he was angry, he said.

His anger got the best of him one night, and he shot dead a security officer who denied him access into a Road Town nightclub.

Now an inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison, Mr. Edwards is a changed man, he said Friday shortly after a closing ceremony for the Partnership for Peace Programme.

“I didn’t know how to manager my anger properly,” Mr. Edwards said. “At that time, I was quick tempered and never stopped to think. Now I try to remember what brought me here, and it is not a good feeling.”

Mr. Edwards was among 11 inmates who successfully completed the educational programme, which is designed in part to help participants manage their anger.

“The programme is very helpful, and it has opened up my mind to thinking a lot about what I do and how I react to situations,” said Mr. Edwards, who has served five years of his 15 year-sentence.

See the Sept. 4, 2014 edition for full coverage.

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