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Death row inmate in solitary confinement for record 138 days

Sep 10, 2010 News

“He is properly located in the interest of security and discipline” –  prison official

Relatives of a death row inmate at the Georgetown Prison are appealing for an explanation from the authorities for keeping him in solitary confinement for a record 138 days.
The prisoner, Hafeez Hussein, who has been on death row for the past 17 years, was placed in solitary confinement for the period mentioned without any charge, according to one of his relatives.
They also claimed that their mandatory visits to him have been suspended.
Speaking with Kaieteur News earlier this week, a female relative of the convict said that she has been barred from seeing him and she believes that Hussein is being victimized for reasons only known to the prison authorities.
“That is a place for punishment and Hussein was not even given a hearing,” the woman told this newspaper.
Under Chapter 11:01 of the Prison Act, a prisoner could face a penalty of solitary confinement of up to seven days if found guilty of an offence committed within the prison walls.
Kaieteur News understands that Hussein is being kept in a cell three feet by six feet in size.
“A mattress could hardly fit inside,” the convict’s relative said.
She said that when Hussein enquired about his plight, prison officials told him that it was none of his business. She claimed that Hussein is also being deprived of medical attention within the prison.
When contacted a senior prison official told this newspaper that Hussein is “properly located in the interest of security and discipline.”
The official said that only one person is being debarred from visiting Hussein because it is suspected that she facilitates the trafficking of drugs in the prison. But according to the relative, Hussein has indicated that, “these people got me in a cage like a monkey”.
The relative believes that Hussein is being victimized because she refused to acknowledge the advances of a senior official at the Georgetown Prison.

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