President David Granger yesterday said that his administration does not intend to rebuild a full scale prison facility at the site of the former Georgetown Prison on Camp Street, the Ministry of the Presidency said last evening.
President Granger’s comment came when he visited the site of the former prison, which was destroyed following fires set by prisoners on Sunday during an uprising, which resulted in one prison officer being killed, several others being injured and nine prisoners escaping. One escapee has since been recaptured.
According to a Ministry of the Presidency statement, Granger said that while there is expected to be some facility at that location, the government intends to