Latest update September 13th, 2026 10:36 AM
Caregivers at NOC should be given “lie detector” tests – MP Chris Jones
At an APNU press briefing yesterday, Parliamentarian Chris Jones made a call to Government to have the caregivers at the New Opportunity Corps undergo lie detector tests..
Jones told the media that a threat by caregivers has since silenced the girls, as they are now withholding certain information.
“All caregivers should be subject to lie detector tests and if they fail, they should be dismissed,” Jones said yesterday.
Jones maintained that his Party will do all in its power to ensure that the girls do not return to the NOC.
Present at the press conference were parents of two of the girls who were removed from the institution.
Four females were removed earlier this month from the NOC after the head of the Child Protection Agency, Ann Greene managed to obtain a High Court order. The girls had claimed that they were sexually violated by male caregivers.
Within the last three weeks several allegations have surfaced from the NOC about caregivers committing sex acts on teenagers. Parents have come forward and told harrowing stories about sexual abuse.
Jones had told Kaieteur News that his Party was in the process of preparing a dossier which would be sent to various international organizations.
“One dossier will be filled with statements of the children and the Government of Guyana’s inaction to deal with these matters” Jones explained.
Opposition Leader Brig. David Granger had said that his Party had no confidence in the capability of the Ministry of Culture, to administer the New Opportunity Corps.
Granger had proposed that the responsibility of the Corps be transferred to another Ministry or agency that possesses the requisite personnel and skills and is better prepared to tend to the lives of juveniles sympathetically.
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