Bugs were found in the mattresses that prisoners at the Camp Street jail slept on, according to a former member of that prison’s visiting committee who said that aside from this, the penitentiary appeared livable.
“It was pretty okay, on the margin of livable. One must understand that it is not home or a hotel. You can’t expect to treat bad guys within a home stand, I would not agree with that. They have to feel some level of discomfort,” the former member who requested not to be named told Stabroek News.
This member was on the visiting committee for over a year. That committee last visited prior to the May 2015 general and regional elections. A new visiting committee for this prison as well as the others was