Granger announces post-jailbreak emergency plan

President David Granger yesterday convened a second meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) following Sunday’s riot at the Camp Street Prison. Granger is flanked by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Minister of State Joseph Harmon. Also present are Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, Deputy Head of the Guyana Defence Force Colonel Nazrul Hussain and Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

The construction of secure temporary structures to accommodate displaced inmates of the razed Camp Street Prison is among the measures in an emergency plan agreed to by the National Security Committee (NSC), President David Granger announced to the nation last evening.

In a brief televised address, Granger outlined the four-point emergency plan agreed to by members of the NSC, which had met twice since the events of Sunday afternoon’s jailbreak.

The NSC received up to date reports on the death, destruction and displacement caused by the fire set by rioting prisoners.

Granger said that the agreed four-part emergency plan