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Prison Service honours collaborators
The Guyana Prison Service in observing its 29th Anniversary of “Prison Service Week” yesterday honoured some of its major collaborators, who have made significant impact on the management of the prisons.
Tokens of appreciation were some very colourful and beautifully decorated sculpture made from soap by a prisoner.
The recipients of these include Justice Oslen Small, Mrs. Erma Bovell, Mr. Gerry Gouveia, Mr. Beni Sankar, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Francis, Mr. Samuel Dasraj, Mr. Rabindra Chand, and The Ex-Prison Officers’ Association.
Director of the Prisons, Dale Erskine, during his address to the small gathering at the Collaborators’ Luncheon held at Duke Lodge, noted that the prisons have been managed based on whatever resources the administration is provided with, but it is the assistance from collaborators that has helped tremendously.
Some of the collaborators pose with their tokens
Erskine explained that collaboration is the key factor needed to successfully reintegrate prisoners back into society.
He pointed out that many young men have discovered themselves in prisons; that some have learned to read, write, and many of them were even able to develop some very unique skills.
The Director also urged persons to visit the prison and provide motivation to the prisoners.
Head of the Sentence Management Board, Gerry Gouveia, in his remarks to the gathering said that he will use his influence as a member of the Private Sector Commission, to get entities to hire ex-prisoners.
Gouveia added that he will advocate for the prisoners to be issued certificates when they leave the correctional facility, so as to further notify companies of the training and the systems that the prisoners would have passed through before being given a chance to integrate themselves back into society.
This, Gouveia noted, will ensure that the prisoners are being provided a solid opportunity to become better and more productive citizens.
Erskine said that he wants the Guyana Prison Service to become “a highly efficient correctional institution with modern technological facilities and competent staff who empower and rehabilitate inmates through structured programmes, thereby contributing to reduced recidivism and increased public safety”.
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