-two injured
A convicted prisoner on Monday set fire to a mattress at the Georgetown Prison resulting in injuries to him and another inmate.
A release on Monday from the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said that “catastrophe was avoided” when the fire set by the convicted prisoner “of unsound mind” was quickly extinguished at the Lot 12 Camp St, Werk-en-Rust penitentiary..
“Prisoner Delon Blake, who is serving 20 years for rape, allegedly lit his mattress at approximately 14:00 hours in his cell of the security block of the prison”, the GPS said.
It added that Officer in Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Senior Superintendent Olivia Cox reported that the situation was quickly brought under control by the officers on duty at the prison.
