Well, 7News has learned that another prisoner is suing the prison, and the complainant says that due to the prison's negligence he was raped by another male inmate on two separate occasions. He's now urging the Supreme Court to order the Prison authorities to pay him damages for the ordeal he suffered.

Although we have their names, we can't reveal the identities of the alleged victim, or the perpetrator. What we can report is that the claimant, who was 20 years old at the time, says that he twice suffered an unnatural crime in November of 2017.

The claimant says that he shared a prison cell with his alleged rapist, and that at around 1 a.m. on November 25th, he was awakened by someone choking him from behind. He said that he went unconscious, and when he woke up, he was in pain all over, realized that he had been raped. He then confronted his cell-mate, that man threatened him with violence if he made a report.

He reported the incident to one of the on-duty prison officers who treated his distress with disregard. He was in the Administrative Segregation section of the prison, which is the lockdown area, and so, he couldn't complain to anyone else.

The claimant further alleged that 4 days later, this same prisoner tried to rape him in his sleep again. This time, however, he woke up and tried to fight him off, but, his attacker overpowered and beat him unconscious. He later awoke with this man in the act of sexually abusing him. Their struggle later alerted the prison guards, who got involved, separated them, and called the police. A doctor confirmed that the claimant was raped, and subsequently, the perpetrator was arrested and charged with 2 counts of an unnatural crime.

From the claimant's perspective, the prison had a responsibility to protect him, and properly separate him from predators such as his attackers. He claims that according to the prison rules, he qualified for separation as an "untried prisoner", and so, he shouldn't have been placed in the same cell as this convicted prisoner.

The case had a full hearing today before Justice Shona Griffith, and the claimant's attorney, Anthony Sylvestre, cross-examined several witnesses from the Belize Central Prison, including the CEO, Virgilio Murrillo.