Relatives frustrated over prisoner processing at Lusignan
Relatives of inmates relocated to the Lusignan Prison after Sunday’s Camp Street jail fire yesterday bemoaned what they said was the slothfulness of the prisons authority in providing them with information.
When Stabroek News visited the facility yesterday midday, scores of persons were seen standing in the blistering sun awaiting word from prison wardens on whether their relatives had been accounted for and a status update on their location.
Not long after, a female prison officer in the presence of several other prison officials started reading aloud the names of prisoners who had been transferred to the Timehri, New Amsterdam and Mazaruni Prisons.
For those who did not hear the names of their relatives, the prison officials gave the assurance that those inmates continue to be accommodated at the Lusignan Prison.
While this brought relief to some of the persons who had turned up at the penal facility, others aired their disapproval with the conditions under which their loved ones were being kept, this included concerns raised over the lack of proper accommodation and the provision of food.
Concerns about the provision of food for the prisoners intensified yesterday morning after a video allegedly recorded by an inmate appeared on Facebook and showed several of the men slaughtering a calf found in the pasture before roasting its meat and subsequently eating it.
One woman who had commented on the situation said she had been at