Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said his ministry is seeking to reorganise the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), which would see higher salaries and other incentives to make it more “attractive and appealing” to potential recruits.
Ramjattan was at the time responding to questions about his confidence in the strength of the GPS during scrutiny by the opposition in the Committee of Supply.
A total of $21 billion was yesterday approved for five programmes under the Ministry of Public Security as the consideration of estimates for the 2019 national budget concluded on Friday. Included in that sum is $3.9 billion for the GPS.