The Ministry of Legal Affairs yesterday handed over a speedboat and a 200-horsepower engine, valued at some $8 million, to the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) in an effort to boost the Service’s operational efficiency, a GPS release stated.
In a handing-over ceremony held at the Parika Police Station, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Adele Diane Tricia Cole-Clarke, presented the speedboat and engine valued over $8 million to Director of Prisons, Nicklon Elliot.
In her remarks, the Permanent Secretary stated that the donation is part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Support for the Criminal Justice System (SCJS) programme, which was launched in Guyana to reduce overcrowding in prisons. Further, it is intended to lend support to the plans of the prison service, since the service is a central part of the criminal justice system.
