The Board of Directors of Caribbean Umbrella Body for Restorative Behaviour (CURB) is comprised of Six Ex-Prisoners who have established their respective NGOs or businesses, Two Businessmen and One Attorney-at-Law. Each has a passion for the Lord Jesus Christ and desires to see the lives of crime survivors and offenders healed and transformed.
DIRECTORS OF CURB
Adrian N. Alexander
Adrian Nigel Alexander serves as the President of CURB. He entered the field of prison ministry in September 2002 and is the holder a Diploma in International Restorative Justice from Queen's Theological College, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Adrian is a qualified Attorney-at-Law having been admitted to practise law in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in October 1992. An amateur nature photographer and computer buff, Adrian maintains the website, Blog, Newsletter and online Photo Album for CURB.
Adrian utilises his experience as a Restorative Justice Advocate and as a co-survivor of homicide to bring balance to the restorative thrust of CURB. He is also a part-time radio broadcaster with Trinidad and Tobago's first Christian radio station, I.S.A.A.C. 98.1 FM - The Promise. That position has been used by Adrian to speak out on issues relating to restorative justice and restorative behaviour.
William Latchman
William Latchman is the Vice-President of CURB. William is a qualified broadcast engineer, a public relations consultant and a businessman. He is an avid social activist and serves as Chairman of the Board of Vision on Mission and several other non-profit associations.
William is a
progressive, forward thinking individual, who spares no effort nor misses any opportunity to be of service to his fellow men. He draws upon his prodigious
knowledge, experience and expertise in myriad disciplines, to create avenues whereby the less fortunate (especially) can find ease, contentment, respect and peace.
William co-hosts a radio programme titled Project Hope on I95.5 FM every Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Richard Barker
Mr. Richard Barker was the leader of the feared Vikings gang in Trinidad and Tobago. He received a prison sentence of 13 years and 6 strokes with the “cat-o-nine” in 1975.
After 3 months in prison he heard a supernatural voice calling him to repent and he immediately underwent a spiritual transformation.
While still an inmate at Carrera Island Prison, he started New Hope Prison Ministry to encourage inmates to change their lives through Jesus Christ.
He received an early discharge in 1981 soon after which he returned to prison but this time as a spiritual counsellor to inmates. Over the years he has led many prisoners and ex-prisoners to Christ.
Through his New Hope Prison Ministry, Mr. Barker has served the national community by reducing crime and re-offending, creating model citizens, mediating in community disputes and providing effective prisoner aftercare – all without financial assistance from the central government!
A spirited speaker and evangelist, Mr. Barker has gained the respect of both prison and law-enforcement authorities alike. As part of his responsibilities, Mr. Barker counsels all new prison inmates and all inmates within the pre-release programme.
Collins Rosales
Mr. Collins Rosales received prison sentences totalling 35 years in the 1970s and was scheduled to be discharged in 2003!
During his three years in solitary confinement at the Carrera Island Prison, Mr. Rosales began to read the Bible and eventually surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and was transformed in 1976.
A contemporary of Richard Barker, he too began a prison ministry while still an inmate, forming what would later be known as Alpha and Omega Prison Outreach Ministries at Carrera Prison.
In recognition of this transformation, he was given a presidential pardon in 1983 and was asked by the prison authorities to return as a spiritual counsellor to inmates after only 8 days of freedom.
Mr. Rosales has taken numerous courses to enhance his abilities as a counsellor and has spoken at innumerable churches and for a within and outside Trinidad and Tobago, leading many persons to Christ.
An ordained minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Mr. Rosales also works as a lecturer to young people at Servol Centres nationwide.
Claudine Henry
Miss Claudine Henry received a death sentence in 1988 becoming the first woman to be sentenced to hang in Trinidad and Tobago.
In 1989, while in her cell at the Women’s Prison, she overheard a gospel message and believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and was spiritually transformed.
Although still sentenced to death, she received a divine promise that she would be released and eventually won her appeal against conviction and sentence in 1998.
Since her discharge, Miss Henry has spent the last few years doing voluntary work in her local community of Carenage and assisting female ex-prisoners.
She has developed strong ties with several prison ministries in Trinidad and Tobago and has devised a plan to assist female prisoners with employment so that they can assist their families financially though still incarcerated.
Mr. Wayne Chance received a prison sentence of 8 years. In prison, he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and experienced a radical spiritual transformation.
Following his discharge from prison, Mr. Chance soon became an activist against crime, gaining the support of the then Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago.
He began to lecture to young persons at secondary schools around the nation, warning them against the evils and consequences of crime and lives of drugs and immorality.
Through his ministry, Vision on Mission, Mr. Chance provides a halfway house for ex-prisoners and their families as well as job placement and other services for ex-prisoners.
He is a well-known television and radio personality and has gained the support of many prominent citizens in law enforcement and the business community, several of whom sit on the Board of his organization.
Mr. Chance is the host of a radio programme titled Project Hope on I95.5 FM every Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Glen Awong
Glen Awong is a former drug addict and ex-prisoner. While in prison, he received Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour and was transformed.
Following his discharge from prison, Mr. Awong became active in meeting the needs of the poor and destitute, many of whom he could identify as potential inmates of the penal system unless someone intervened to assist them.
He rented several premises over the past 13 years to house ex-prisoners and has now settled at Arouca in close proximity to the Golden Grove Prison.
Through his ministry, Transformed Life Ministry, Pastor Awong provides a halfway house for ex-prisoners and their families as well as job placement and other services for ex-prisoners.
Bernard Evans
Mr. Bernard Evans is a skilled craftsman in the field of furniture-making and upholstery. Active in the industry since his teenage years, Bernard has been teaching and operating his own upholstery business for decades. He was led by God to commence Evans Vision and Sound Ministry - an audio-visual ministry to prisoners - and has led many of them to receive Jesus Christ after viewing his inspirational Christian videos and DVDs.
Bernard has also taught upholstery courses at the Women's Prison and at the Maximum Security Prison to empower offenders to become sustainable after their discharge.
