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Prisoner beaten…Inmate shoved burning mattress at prison warders – official
A senior Georgetown Prison official has come to the defence of warders at the penitentiary, following complaints by murder accused Calvin Bailey of being subjected to ill treatment.
The official has described Bailey, who is facing a second trial for murder, as a troublemaker. He said that staff “had to use some force” to subdue him on Saturday after he shoved a flaming mattress at them.
Calvin Bailey
Bailey, 37, was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital with a fractured left arm and a cut to his right arm, following his confrontation with the ranks. The incident occurred while Bailey was in solitary confinement.
He has reportedly been in the ‘strong cell’ since April. There are reports that he was placed there after officials received information about a possible escape plot. However, the official who spoke with Kaieteur News said that Bailey was constantly involved in fights and was placed in solitary because of his misbehaviour.
According to the official, after Bailey set his mattress on fire, an alarm was raised and the staff who responded opened the inmate’s cell.
He alleged that Bailey, holding the unlit end of the mattress, then rushed at the wardens with the flaming object. A rank sustained burns to one of his hands before Bailey was subdued.
But Bailey claims that he suffers from asthma and that he was having difficulty breathing in the ‘strong cell.’
According to Bailey, the solitary confinement cell is 20 feet high, seven feet in length and five feet wide. The walls are concrete, the floor is tiled, and the door is made of steel.
Bailey said that last week he twice pleaded with prison officials to have him placed in another cell, but the officers told him that they “don’t have time for madness.”
The prisoner claimed that he eventually set his mattress alight to bring attention to his plight.
Bailey is facing retrial for the murder of his 18-month-old son, Shaquan Nero, who was slain after he allegedly attacked the child’s mother, Bernadette Nero in April 2007, at Amelia’s Ward, Linden.
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