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17 dead after prison protest fire

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(From left) Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan; Officer in Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Superintendent Kevin Pilgrim; Director of Prisons Carl Graham and Deputy Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels at the emergency press conference yesterday. (Zoisa Fraser photo)Seventeen prisoners died and five others were injured after a fire was started during a protest at the Georgetown Prison yesterday morning, prompting the Public Security Minister to declare “a crisis” at the facility as government announced that an inquiry would be set up.

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