Dear Editor,

Last Thursday on Channel 7 we were given a view of the conditions of the Brickdam lockup. The pictures had been captured by an inmate with a cell phone. And we were not forewarned of the graphic scenes we were about to behold.

It was for me an inhumane sight as people, yes human beings, were huddled together on the concrete floor with the ‘rest room’ and ‘bathroom’ all located in the unoccupied areas.

I was ashamed to be identified as a Guyanese. Is this my country and what was the lockup like under the previous administration? I asked.

The government has announced plans for the construction of a new lockup, and I welcome the news as such conditions not only breed corruption, but run contrary to any form of rehabilitation, especially since some of those housed are not criminals.

Yours faithfully,
(Name and address provided)