Rioting prisoners also set fire to refurbished officers centre

The gutted building

Millions of dollars were recently spent by the Guyana Prison Service to upgrade the sports bar and recreational centre which was set on fire on Sunday night by prisoners.

The prisoners had been moved to the facility at the south west corner of Camp and Bent streets, on Sunday evening after being rescued from the fiery compound of the Camp Street penitentiary.

Director of Prisons, Gladwyn Samuels said that less than a month ago rehabilitation works on the prison officers’ sports bar had been completed.

He noted that the money used for the upgrading of the facility had been