Information technology equipment valued over US$150,000 was yesterday handed over by Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, to the Guyana Prisons Service (GPS) to aid in the rehabilitation of inmates upon their release and subsequent reintegration into society.
Nandlall, during the small handing-over ceremony in the boardroom of his ministry, said that the money to procure the 100 desktop computers, 10 laptop computers, 4 Wi-Fi routers, 4 laser jet printers and 5 projectors with screens, were procured from an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan. The money was given to the ministry which has since implemented a project to deal with prison issues such as overcrowding, inmates’ education, and training, to further improve or assist inmates with skills development.