Under the theme `Furthering Rehabilitation through Education and Empowerment’, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) through the Welfare and Corrections Department completed its annual Spelling Bee competition with the final on Friday at the Georgetown Prison facility.
The Georgetown Prison copped the top prize for the second consecutive year, a release from the prison service said.
When tasked with spelling the championship word “tetrahedron” in front of a sizable crowd, mostly relatives of the participating inmates, Lennox Estwick seemed unfazed, the release said.
He spelt the word without a pause, clinching first place. Lusignan Prison inmate Afzal Dindyal was the runner-up after a back-and-forth with Estwick for several rounds. Nelson St. Clair from Mazaruni took the third spot.
Officer-in-Charge of Prisons’ Welfare and Corrections, Marielle Bristol-Grant said the competition is a rehabilitative project which is aimed at improving the literacy proficiency of inmates and facilitating their transition into formal education. She commended the participants and said it was incredible to see inmates spell words that are absolutely mind-boggling.
