60 Prison Officers complete UG’s First Responders Course on mental health, substance abuse

Sixty officers from the Guyana Prison Service have received their certificates after completing the University of Guyana’s Institute for Human Resiliency, Strategic Security, and the Future (IHRSSF), First Responders Course on Mental, Neurological, and Substance Abuse Disorders (MNS).

At a simple graduation ceremony held on Wednesday in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre at the university’s Turkeyen campus, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin, thanked the government, IDB, and other supporters, and urged the officers to make full use from what they have learnt.