For seven long years from 2015 to 2022, Dr Timothy Harris and Team Unity had one word on their lips ‘The Prison Project’ throughout their . They paraded it at every public event, used it as a talking point for every election cycle and sold it as the crown jewel of their so-called “development agenda.” The public was told repeatedly that a modern correctional facility was coming, fully funded, fully designed, and “ready to begin.”
But beyond talk, nothing was ever done. Not a block laid. Not a foundation dug. Not a plan made public. The only thing constructed was a political narrative that collapsed the moment citizens started asking for evidence.
Two facts stand tall today:
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Jail project never even began, let alone completed
The Harris administration behaved as though the prison was already halfway built. They made grand pronouncements, press conferences, and photo ops – yet not a single physical step was taken. They had no site properly mobilised, no construction documents made public, no contractors transparently selected, and no trace of work on the ground. It was propaganda, nothing more.
The country has had real developments during past Labour administrations – airport modernisation, Port Zante expansion, hotel development, health infrastructure, social housing – all visible, functional and real. By comparison, the Harris-era “mega project” lived entirely on paper and political speeches.
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Jail project is the biggest scam in history of St Kitts and Nevis
The scale of deception surrounding this project cannot be ignored. Tens of millions were spoken about as if already allocated. Approvals were claimed but never documented. The public was kept in the dark while a prison project that never existed was used to justify backroom dealings and questionable financial manoeuvres.
It was a scheme wrapped in the clothing of “development.” Instead of transparency, there was secrecy. Instead of investment, there was illusion. Instead of accountability, there was political theatre. And the people of St Kitts and Nevis were left with nothing except unanswered questions.
The truth today is clear: The “prison project” was never a development plan – it was a political tool. A false promise used to mislead the nation and create the impression of governance where none existed.
St Kitts and Nevis deserves better than slogans and unfinished fantasies. Real leadership builds. Fake leadership pretends. The former administration chose propaganda over progress, and history will record the prison project as exactly what citizens now know it to be: the biggest scam ever attempted on the people of this country.