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In an Address to the Nation on Monday evening, President David Granger outlined government’s emergency plan to address the Camp Street jail situation. Most of the prison buildings were gutted by fire on Sunday during a jail break. Prisoners were moved to the Lusignan prison, but some were eventually transferred to other prisons around the […]
The 22-year-old man who was reportedly kidnapped by four of the prison escapees on Sunday afternoon and forced to drive them away from the prison, has been found alive and safe. Family members got a call from investigators late last night that Matthew Shivtahal had been found. He was questioned by Police then taken for […]
A North East La Penitence was today charged and granted bail for stabbing his girlfriend to her buttocks. The woman had to be hospitalised for the injuries. 52-year-old Marton McKenzie made his first appearance in court before Magistrate Judy Latchman, and entered a plea of not guilty after the charge was read. The Charge stated […]
Twenty two remand prisoners who were behind bars for minor non-violent offences were offered bail today as six Magistrates held special bail hearing at the Lusignan Prison, where hundreds of prisoners were taken following Sunday’s devastating fire and prison break at the Camp Street jail. The decision to hold the special hearings was taken at […]
As more details continue to unravel in the Camp Street prison break probe, Police investigators today questioned a woman who claims that four men, believed to be the prison escapees, forced her and her children out of her friend’s car on Sunday afternoon and took the friend hostage. The 22-year-old man, Matthew Shivtahal, has not […]
Police have identified two more prison escapees and have issued wanted bulletins for their arrests. A statement identified Stafrei Hopkenson Alexander who was on remand for murder. This is the second time he has escaped lawful custody. Last year, he escaped custody at the Mackenzie Police Station but was rearrested. He was charged with the […]
The morning of Sunday, July 9, started off like any other Sunday morning in the Wickham household at Ann’s Grove on the East Coast of Demerara. When Prison Officer and beloved son, Odinga Wickham, left for his job at the Camp Street jailhouse ear;y on Sunday morning, his mother and other family members never thought […]
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, while recognizing that the two last major fires and prison unrests at the Camp Street jail took place under his watch as Security Minister, does not believe that he should step down from his post. In wake of Sunday’s jailbreak and fire at the Camp Street jail, there were scores […]
Five inmates who were housed at the Camp Street Prison have escaped and efforts are underway to ensure they are recaptured, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has confirmed. During a late-night press conference with Heads of the security forces, Persaud said that among the five escapees is Royden Williams who was recently sentenced to death for […]
Chaos enveloped the Camp Street area on Sunday afternoon as a major fire engulfed the Georgetown prison during a jail break. Security officials are reporting that four prisoners are on the run. At least seven prison officers were rushed to the Georgetown Hospital with serious injuries including gunshot injuries. The escaped prisoners are believed to be […]
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