Hinds is an attorney-at-law by profession.^[1] He is also a former policeman.^[2]

Hinds was first elected to the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago in the 1995 Trinidad and Tobago general election as Laventille East/Morvant MP.^[2] He served in the Opposition until 2001 when he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Administration and Information. He later served in the Ministry of National Security and also in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.^[2]

He was not selected as a candidate for the 2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election and re-entered private life.^[2] In 2013, he was appointed to the Senate by Keith Rowley. Following the PNM victory in the 2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election, he was appointed Minister of Works and Transport, then Minister of Public Utilities, then Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and, then again, as Minister of Public Utilities.^[2]

In the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election, he was elected to the House of Representatives in Laventille West. Hinds was appointed Minister of Youth Development and National Service. By April 2021, he was appointed National Security Minister.^[3] He stood down at the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election.^[4] He was succeeded by Kareem Marcelle.^[5]

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