Detainee hanging renews concerns over design of lock-ups

Mahendra Seenarine

The incidents of detainees found hanging in police station lock-ups remain an area of concern and the most recent case has renewed calls for this issue to be taken seriously and for the layout of holding facilities to be urgently reviewed.

There have been seven such incidents from 2008 to 2013, based on Stabroek News’ records, and while autopsies