Some 200 inmates were yesterday temporarily transferred to the newly constructed holding facility near the Lusignan Prison, according to a press release from the Department of Public Information (DPI).
The transfer of the inmates to the Lusignan facility follows the fire which gutted the George-town Prison on July 9, leaving over 1,000 inmates displaced. Initially, they were all taken to the Lusignan Prison and housed in an open air holding section. Subsequently, around half of them were moved to other prisons around the country; 151 are being accommodated in the main building of the Lusignan Prison, the DPI said.
