GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 24 2017 – Minister of National Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, appeared on the state-owned National Communications Network just after 1 o’clock this afternoon to issue an appeal for the public’s help.
Ramjattan wants the public to offer any information that could lead to the recapture of 13 prison escapees who reportedly dug their way out of the Lusignan Prison, as well as for the four, who have been on the run, after escaping from the Camp Street jail three weeks ago.
He said the escapees from Lusignan dug their way out through a tunnel from inside the compound of the prison. Some of the prisoners were being housed in tents in the outdoors as the prison accommodated hundreds of prisoners who were left displaced by the fire at the Camp Street jail.
Ramjattan in his statement said the 13 prisoners were discovered missing from the Lusignan Prison just after 7 o’ clock this morning during the counting of inmates. He said the other prisoners who were in the area at the time, have since been relocated to the rehabilitated section of the Camp Street jail.
Ramjattan said the Joint Services have stepped up their operation to recapture all of the escapees. That operation’s code name is “Clean Sweep”.
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