Guyana Observer News

Officials at the Georgetown Prisons probably thought that they could conceal the death of a prisoner at the institution yesterday. So they dressed the body in the normal bright orange garb which is worn by inmates being taken to hospital with the hope of concealing the death. But when they decided to handcuff the dead man, it sparked outrage among other inmates who were angry at the attempt to cover-up the man’s death. Kaieteur News understands that the man who was suffering from a terminal illness was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on Tuesday. He was taken back to the prison infirmary where he succumbed around 14:00 hours yesterday. But officials at the penal institution were not prepared to accept any blame for his death. According to sources within the prison, officials there not only dressed the man in the hospital garbs but went as far as to handcuff him as if he was a living prisoner being taken to the hospital.