The members of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) that will probe last Thursday’s fiery revolt at the Georgetown Prison, which claimed 17 lives, were sworn in yesterday and have been given additional time to complete their final report.
Initially, the CoI was to begin its work yesterday.
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan had last Friday disclosed that Justice James Patterson (Chairman), human rights activist Merle Mendonca and former prisons director Dale Erskine will make up the commission. They took their oaths before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in
