Randolph Spiteri, Corradino prison’s head of administration and operations, is set to be replaced. Spiteri was the right-hand man of former prison director Alex Dalli, and multiple sources have confirmed that he is set to be replaced.
Spiteri was a close confidant of Dalli during the controversial period in prison which saw 14 inmates die within three years.
Just last week, Spiteri denied that he had been sent out on forced leave over questionable conduct with inmates and staff. He claimed that he instead booked a vacation because he needed to rest.
However, his absence from an annual graduation ceremony for new prison guard recruits on Tuesday proved significant. He was also absent from the official photo, which shows the new recruits with the prison’s top officials.
Spiteri took the job as the prison second-in-command when Dalli was appointed director in 2018, but any efforts to reach him proved unsuccessful. He did however speak to Times of Malta on Tuesday, reiterating that he was still on vacation leave.
Following Dalli’s replacement with Robert Brincau, internal complaints continued as Spiteri was being deemed part of the problem. This follows the recruitment of 35 new prison guards.
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