Tag: Lusignan Prison
Medical teams dispatched to three prisons to treat Covid positive inmates
─positive inmates isolated from general population ─prison officers in home isolation Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony says the ... Read More
14 virtual Courtrooms launched at Lusignan Prison
- to provide speedier trials for inmates Fourteen ‘virtual Courtrooms’ were today opened at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, ... Read More
Works underway to ease Lusignan Prison overcrowding
Rehabilitation works have started at the Lusignan Prison to provide adequate spacing for inmates in light of the COVID-19 preventative ... Read More
Press Release – Three escape from Lusignan Prison Holding Bay
Officer in Charge of the Lusignan Prison (Holding Bay), Superintendent, Alstan Scott reported, that at about 05:20 hours, during a ... Read More
200 Lusignan prisoners cleared of COVID-19
 – Minister Anthony Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony has said 200 inmates of the Lusignan Prison who tested ... Read More
Gov’t ramps up COVID-19 measures at Lusignan Prison
─120 test positive A screening campaign for COVID-19 at the Lusignan Prison has returned 120 positive cases from 200 tests. ... Read More
Prison reform top on gov’t agenda
- Lusignan prison to be reconstructed - $2B for construction, rehabilitation and upgrading of prisons Part of the Lusignan Prison ... Read More
Construction of additional cells at Camp Street Prison recommences
Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels The construction of additional cells at the Camp Street Prison has recommenced. This was disclosed ... Read More
Inmates to be released in light of COVID-19 pandemic
—to address overcrowding DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels has disclosed that inmates have begun ... Read More
Fire at Lusignan Prison extinguished
-15 prisoners injured, no deaths -All prisoners accounted for DPI, Guyana, Sunday, July 12, 2020 The Guyana Police Force (GPF) ... Read More