Prison deputy still listed in his job, three months after he was ‘moved’
Randolph Spiteri remains listed on the government directory as head of administration and operations at Corradino Correctional Facility and continues to use a prison car, despite the public being told he has been removed from the role.
In a news conference last May, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said that a high-ranking prison official had been moved from his leadership position at the prison and stationed to another unit within the ministry.
Although Camilleri never mentioned the official by name, it is understood he was referring to Spiteri.
The reason for the purported transfer of Spiteri, second-in-command to former hardline prison director Alex Dalli, was never explained.
More than three months later, however, Spiteri remains listed on the government’s database system as the prison’s second-in-command and still makes use of his prison car – a white Hyundai i20 – which sources say is complete with flashlights, a beacon and also a siren.
Spiteri has not reported to work in prison since May and it is unclear what his new job in the ministry is and whether he reports there.
Times of Malta has seen Spiteri’s name in the government directory, where a designation next to...