Tag: Prison
Major construction works at Mazaruni, Lusignan Prisons nearing completion
Construction works which are ongoing at the Mazaruni and Lusignan Prisons are nearing completion and will bring significant improvements to ... Read More
Inmates will continue to access standardised healthcare services – Prisons Director
Prisoners at various correctional facilities across the country will continue to access standardised healthcare services despite their limitations and constant ... Read More
Rehabilitation of Lusignan Prison underway
Work is moving apace on the Lusignan Prison to the tune of $3 billion, which when completed is expected to ... Read More
861 inmates graduate from ground-breaking courses
Eight hundred and sixty-one inmates housed at the Mazaruni, New Amsterdam, Camp Street and Timehri Prisons were on Wednesday (January ... Read More
CORRECTION TO GPS PRESS RELEASE
Further to the Press Release naming three (03) prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan Prison (Holding Bay) on November 21, ... Read More
Home Affairs Minister visits Lusignan Prison
The Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, made an impromptu visit on Saturday, August 22, 2020, to the Lusignan ... Read More
Lusignan Prison escapee recaptured
—Three remain on the run DPI, Guyana, Thursday, April 30, 2020 Sasenarine Bisnauth, one of the four prisoners who recently ... Read More
Swift action averts fire at Camp Street Prison
DPI, Guyana, Friday, March 20, 2020 Quick action by prison officers brought an end to a fire that was set ... Read More
Proposed amendment of Narcotic Act submitted to National Assembly
─ if debated and approved, this could see the removal of custodial sentences for persons caught in possession of 30 ... Read More
Three years in prison for woman convicted of trafficking young girl
- ‘Justice was served’-TIP Coordinator DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 28, 2018 Loretta Hyman, a shopkeeper of Parika, East Bank Essequibo ... Read More