No repairs yet at Turkeyen Police Station

Apr 17, 2009 News

– Hole still in wall of building

The hole in the wall of the Turkeyen Police Station, through which a detainee escaped almost three months ago, has still not been repaired.

Almost three months after 17-year-old Leon Paul took flight from the Turkeyen Police Station; there is still a gaping hole in the wall, at the western end of the building, through which the teenager escaped.
The hole was made by the escaping prisoner, who ripped a sanitary fitting from the wall. It would appear that the Turkeyen Police Station, which is still considered to be quite new since it was only commissioned in 2007, is not being well taken care of. Apart from the hole which the escaping prisoner made in the wall, there are a number of broken windows.

About one week before Paul escaped, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee had told ranks that he saw the need for more attention to be paid to the supervision of the lockups in various police stations. “Too many prisoners have been escaping from police custody, and too many incidents have been occurring at police lockups. This situation needs remedial action,” he said.
Last year, there were several escapes from custody, most notably on June 25, when Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles managed to get away from the Sparendaam Police Station lockups by slipping through a hole in the floor of the facility. (Rustom Seegopaul)

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