Georgetown: Government is investigating how New Amsterdam Prisoners managed to obtain smarts phones with data and expensive alcohol, cannabis and other supplies to celebrate Mother’s Day behind bars while posting it on Facebook.
The post of prisoners engaged in the consumption of alcohol was posted on Sunday by inmate Abdul Andre Azimullah, who is currently on remand for murder.
“The Ministry is extremely disappointed that alien objects and other material, inclusive of drugs and liquor, find their way into the various prisons as obviously happened here. There is no doubt collusion with prison wardens and prisoners which is causing this …This kind of misbehaviour by the culpable prison wardens will be dealt with very seriously after the ongoing investigations reveal who they are,” a statement by the Ministry of Public Security stated in the aftermath.
The probe has already implicated several high profile criminals who are currently on remand for serious crimes.
A Senior Prison source has revealed that one of the inmates told officers that the items were transported on a garbage collection tractor contracted by the prison. This was done shortly before Mother’s Day. The driver of the tractor has since denied knowledge of the items being moved on his machinery by him to the inmates. Several searches were also conducted throughout the prison.
Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, confirmed that an investigation was launched immediately after news got out. He stated that both prisoners and prison officers are being questioned.
Abdul Salam ‘Andre’ Azimulla, who is currently serving time for the murder of Danian Jagdeo, the father of three who was shot and killed during the course of a robbery at Adventure Village, Corentyne, Berbice in 2017 could be seen holding a bottle of ‘Hennessy’ and a bottle of ‘Ciroc’ while smoking a marijuana ‘joint’.
The others who included Tameshwar ‘Rambo’ Khemraj, Devendra ‘Bara’ Harricharan and several other inmates, appeared to be having an enjoyable time. What was also alarming was the fact that the prisoners seemed ‘well off’ with all the amenities along with cell phones with internet access; things that are prohibited in the prison.
The pictures were posted on Azimullah’s Facebook account which he has since deactivated.
Investigations are ongoing.
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