As violent attacks continue to rock the prison system, Opposition Leader David Granger laid the blame squarely at the feet of Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, whom he described as weak, distracted and not concerning himself with the many problems that are occurring in the country’s prisons.
So far for this year there have been five reported cases of violence in the prison, two of which ended in death.
Concerns have been continuously raised as to how prisoners are managing to have access to illicit items such as knives, cutlasses and acid, and why even though there are investigations after each attack and sporadic search exercises, the lawlessness continues.
“The Minister of Home Affairs is weak. The minister himself is more concerned with general elections. He is more concerned with birth certificates. He is more concerned with Gecom. He is not paying attention to his portfolio. He does nothing about the prison system. He does nothing about piracy. He does nothing about the murders. He does nothing about effective policing…” Granger told Stabroek News in a recent interview.
When the leader of the parliamentary opposition was asked for his views on the general state of the country’s prison