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With his voice almost gone and a tired and frustrated look on his face, the Officer in Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Superintendent Kelvin Pilgrim offered an apology for the unrest at the Camp Street jail over the past three days, which resulted in the deaths of 17 prisoners. At an afternoon press conference at […]
After a one hour meeting with a group of prisoners from the Camp Street jail, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan and Minister of State, Joe Harmon said they are confident that the prisoners will end their protests as the government works to address their concerns. The two ministers went down to the Camp Street […]
Officials at the Guyana Prison Service have confirmed that prisoners have started a loud protest once again at the Camp Street jail, forcing the Prison Service to further step up security with assistance from the joint services. News Source was told that just after 6:30 this morning (Friday), prisoners started a loud protest and set […]
Officials of the Guyana Prison Service have updated the figure to 17, as the number of prisoners who died in Thursday’s fiery unrest at the Georgetown Prison. Families of the dead prisoners have been notified. The dead prisoners have been identified as Kirk Clarke, Sherwin Trotman, Latchman Partap, Aaron Eastman, Randolph Marques, Hilary Amos, Rohan […]
The Guyana Defence Force will wrap up its annual officers conference today at Base Camp Ayanganna. The meeting opened on Thursday with President David Granger telling senior and junior army officers that the GDF must always be at the ready to defend the motherland. He said more reservists must be deployed to all 10 regions […]
The deadly Georgetown prison unrest has resulted in an increase in the number of security personnel in and around the jail house. Members of the Joint Services have now joined other police officers and prison officers around the prison as investigators continue to probe the prison fire which was set by protesting inmates and which […]
A Guyanese national and a Barbadian are in the custody of the Police in Barbados after they were busted with over 265 pounds of cocaine and close to 200 pounds of marijuana. The bust took place early Wednesday morning at Carlisle Bay in the parish of St. Michael. The names of the two men have […]
Guyana’s opposition, People’s Progressive Party heaped criticism on the government in wake of Thursday’s protest inside the Camp Street jail which resulted in the deaths of 16 prisoners. The prisoners died after setting fire to the capital offenses section of the jail. In a statement hours after the incident as the situation remained tense, the […]
Sixteen prisoners have been confirmed dead and at least five others are nursing serious injuries following a midday fire which was started by inmates of the Georgetown Prison. The names of the dead and injured prisoners have not been released. The Prison Service intends to first inform their families before releasing the information to the […]
President David Granger has summoned a high level meeting with senior Police, Prison and Fire officials and other security officers as the death toll in the Camp Street prison fire continued to climb on Thursday afternoon. By 2:00pm on Thursday as investigators moved in to the jail house after the fire was extinguished, the bodies […]
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