The convicted prisoner, who attempted suicide in the Camp Street jail last week, was yesterday discharged from hospital and according to Prison Director Dale Erskine measures will have to be put in place to ensure that he is counselled.
Clive Gall was discovered in a bathroom bleeding profusely from stab wounds about the body that were apparently self-inflicted.
When asked by Stabroek News yesterday about how the inmate might have come into possession of the improvised weapon, Erskine said that he is still unclear as it was a sharpened toothbrush.
He added that now that Gall has been returned to the penitentiary he will be closely watched so as to keep him safe from himself and others.
Erskine added that while he is physically better he may have psychological issues and as such he will have to be counselled.
The prison head had told this newspaper on the day of the incident that between 1 pm and 1.30 pm, prison officers were told that there was a prisoner in the bathroom bleeding. On investigating they found Gall with several stab wounds about his body.
Gall was immediately rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery and was later admitted to the open ward under guard.
Meanwhile, the police are investigating the circumstances of the incident including how the man was able to acquire the improvised weapon.
Two days before the incident, Gall, 51 was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter; he had originally been charged with the 2007 murder of his son, Clive Gall Jnr.
Gall killed his son on June 21 following an altercation at their home. In the midst of an argument Gall had stabbed his son several times. The son succumbed to his injuries the following day.
