With the government signaling plans to transfer prisoners from the overcrowded Georgetown Prison to the Mazaruni Prison, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee has warned against sending high-profile prisoners to the remote location.
President David Granger, during last week’s broadcast of ‘The Public Interest,’ said that the plan was to move some prisoners to Mazaruni although the government needed to ensure that it was secure.
“…The problems will not be resolved unless there is a massive re-deployment of prisoners from Georgetown particularly… to Mazaruni. Mazaruni has the space and it needs to be reinforced and fortified,” the president said.
When questioned on whether this proposal was made during his tenure as Minister of Home Affairs and how he felt about it,