A woman prison officer who appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into the March 3, prison unrest, told the tribunal yesterday that she does not believe women officers should be exposed to the prison yard.
June Lewis-Charles’ view is based on her experience in the midst of the riot at the Georgetown prison on March 4, the third day of unrest at the prison. According to witness testimonies, on that day, the prisoners of the Capital B division began rioting, and called on the inmates of the other divisions to break out of their cells and start fires.
Superintendent Nicklon Elliot yesterday related that inmates breached the walls of a number of divisions,