The Guyana Prison Service says that three prisoners were injured during separate incidents in the Male Block and Remands Dining Hall respectively, at the New Amsterdam Prison yesterday.
A release from the prison service said that preliminary investigations revealed that remand prisoner Chris Rampersaud was assaulted at approximately 06:55h by another inmate with whom, it is alleged, he had a problem. Rampersaud suffered a cut to the head and was taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he was treated and returned to the prison.
Meanwhile, during a confrontation in which they sought to represent another inmate, Sebastian Plato and Andy Adams were assaulted by three others. The release said that the two were referred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where Adams was treated and sent back to the prison. Plato, who fell unconscious due to an injury to the head, was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
The police are investigating the incidents as criminal acts and the accused inmates are currently isolated from the general population, the release said.
