Unrest quelled, but heavy police presence at city prison

Heavily armed ranks were up to 3 pm yesterday still keeping watch over the Georgetown Prisons after inmates again lit a fire and began shouting as they continued to protest the deplorable conditions they were being kept in.

Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell told reporters yesterday that it appeared as though things were back to normal and that the lawmen had things under control.

“This morning they just tried something again… they lit another small fire,” he said adding that it was too early to determine