Contracts awarded for Mazaruni prison upgrade

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Flashback: President David Granger (third from left) and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan (second from left) being led on a tour of the Mazaruni Penal Settlement by Officer in Charge, Alexander Hopkinson on March 6, 2016
Flashback: President David Granger (third from left) and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan (second from left) being led on a tour of the Mazaruni Penal Settlement by Officer in Charge, Alexander Hopkinson on March 6, 2016

The Mazaruni Prison   in Region Seven is poised for renovations which will see some of the prisoners from the packed Camp Street facility in Georgetown being  accommodated there.

At the post-cabinet press briefing yesterday, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said that the contract has been awarded through the Ministry of Public Security for the construction of living quarters at the facility.

He said that Lot 1 of the project would be undertaken by A. Nazeer & Sons Contracting at a cost of $28.1M while Lot 2 has been awarded to R. Kissoon Contracting Service for the sum of $30.4M.