Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC has announced that plans are in train for the revamping of Guyana’s Mental Health Act, with specific attention to be paid to persons in the penal system.
The announcement was made by the AG on Wednesday morning during his presentation at the opening ceremony of the mid-year programme review of the Support for the Criminal Justice System (SCJS) programme.
The objective of the ceremony was to address issues relating to Guyana’s over-crowded prison population.