Miss Violet's Barbados — Sunday, April 12, 2026
April 12, 2026 • 3 min readBajan Brief
Good morning. Miss Violet has had her tea. She is ready.
BARBADOS AS A REGIONAL CONVENER: THIS IS CORRECT
Thirteen countries. A three-day workshop. Prison intake reform. Hosted here, in Bridgetown, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. Barbados’ Angela Dixon of the Probation Service was among the lead voices in the room. This is exactly what this country’s regional role should look like: not shouting, not posturing, but convening, facilitating, and leading through expertise. Miss Violet taught civics for thirty-one years. She knows the difference between a country that performs leadership and one that practises it. Barbados practices it. She is pleased.
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