With a growing number of inmates recently ending up in court for ganja trafficking in the Georgetown Prison, there are concerns about security at the facility which spawned the 2002 jail-break.
Last Tuesday, murder accused Brian Haywood was sentenced to four years in jail after admitting to trafficking in ganja in the prison. In addition to the number of cases before the court, the amounts found in the possession of inmates have been increasing. Many former and present inmates have told this newspaper that the sale of the narcotics in the jail is a lucrative business. Prison officers have been repeatedly accused of colluding with prisoners to smuggle illegal items, including drugs, into the prison for a fee.
Attempts by Stabroek News to make contact with Prisons Director Welton Trotz for comments on what steps he and
