According to Udistair Holligan, who was the Task Force Commander at the Georgetown Prison on March 3rd, the situation on the ground went from a controlled to an uncontrollable environment in a matter of 20 minutes after the takedown of one of the suspected ringleaders of the unrest.
Testifying yesterday before members of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal prison fire, which claimed 17 lives on that day, Holligan said the events have left him traumatised as even now he is still haunted by the sound of inmates screaming. Added to this, he is reminded of the threats he endured from the inmates, who seemed to blame him for the prison deaths although he said he did his best.
On the morning of March 3rd, Holligan, who is a Task Force Commander at the Timehri Prison, had been summoned to the Camp Street jail. During a briefing, which included Director of Prisons Carl Graham, Officer-in-Charge of the Georgetown Prison Kevin Pilgrim and ranks from
