Some families still awaiting official word on prisoner deaths

Andrew Philander

While Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that the next of kin of the 17 prisoners who perished after the Camp Street prison fire had been notified, some families say they are still awaiting word from the authorities.

Ramjattan yesterday released the names of the men, who died after a fire was started in the Capital Offences section of the prison as part of a protest by inmates on Thursday.

Up to yesterday afternoon, the family of Andrew Philander Jnr, 26, of 54 Middle Walk, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, was yet to