Georgetown : Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels confirmed that last evening there was an incident at the Lusignan Prison where several prisoners in Holding Bay 2 scaled a fence and entered Holding Bay 1 with the intention of killing a fellow prisoner who they apparently consider to be an informant to prison authorities. Shots were fired in the air by the prison authorities to restore order. No prisoner was injured by shots fired however a total of 18 prisoners were injured, mainly from razor wire. Five prisoners were sent to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for treatment to serious but not life threatening injuries sustained from the razor wired atop the fence separating the holding areas. The targeted prisoner is unharmed and has been placed in main Lusignan Prison.
Prisoners who were injured and treated at Lusignan Prison: Calvin George, Saddash Singh, Nick Skeete, Suresh Ganesh, Omar Williams, Lendroy Stephens, Kevin Cumberbatch, Ajit Jittall, Ryan Gopaul, Anthony Persaud, Ryan Banistes and Jayishwar Dhanai.
Prisoners who were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corp. for treatment: Linden Lewis, Abdul Akeem, Anthony Joseph, Travis Sobers and Adrian Edwards
