Prison service gets IMPACS boost to keep COVID-19 out

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
From left to right are: Gladwin Samuels, Director of Prisons, Guyana; Ray Davidson, Deputy British High Commissioner; Lt. Col. Michael Jones, Executive Director (Ag), CARICOM IMPACS; Robeson Benn, Minister of Home Affairs of Guyana; and Dr. Kwasi St. Clair, Head of the Guyana Prison Service Medical Department.
From left to right are: Gladwin Samuels, Director of Prisons, Guyana; Ray Davidson, Deputy British High Commissioner; Lt. Col. Michael Jones, Executive Director (Ag), CARICOM IMPACS; Robeson Benn, Minister of Home Affairs of Guyana; and Dr. Kwasi St. Clair, Head of the Guyana Prison Service Medical Department.

The Guyana Prison Service has received medical and sanitation supplies from the CARICOM security agency, IMPACS to help protect prisoners from the COVID-19 virus.

A release yesterday from the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) said that it responded to a request from  prison authorities here for help to minimize and control the risk of the contagion inside their prisons.

With the support of the UK, it immediately provided urgent assistance of medical and sanitation supplies and other related COVID-19 materials to the Guyana Prison Service.