This paper provides an overview of the criminal jus - tice system in The Bahamas today, and then exam - ine the inmates’ perceptions of the criminal justice system based on data collected for the Bahamas Probation and Parole Committee study of inmates in 2016. The data reveal that a large proportion of inmates do not have an accurate understanding of the criminal justice system. Further, their under - standing of the system sheds light on the discrep - ancies between how the system is designed to work and how it actually works. Given that inmates do not fully understand the criminal justice system and their constitutional rights, steps need to be taken to improve education about the judicial system and rights of inmates.