A former judge will chair the three-person Commission of Inquiry into Thursday’s fiery revolt at the Georgetown Prison, which claimed 17 lives and it has been given up to March 15th to submit a report with findings and recommendations.
This was announced yesterday at a press conference by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, who named former Justice James Patterson (Chairman), human rights activist Merle Mendonca and former prisons director Dale Erskine as the commissioners. The commission will begin its work on Monday, he told reporters at the Ministry of Public Security boardroom.
Unrest at the prison continued yesterday and was only quelled after
