Police, Prison authorities find more weapons at New Amsterdam Prison

May 29, 2014 News

As investigation continues into the brutal chopping of the four prisoners in the New Amsterdam Prison on Friday by a fellow inmate, authorities have upped their surveillance and searches of the penal institution.
On Tuesday, the police and prison officers conducted a joint search of the prison to look for illegal items. During the search they found a cutlass which was starting to rust and seemed to be in the prison for some time, improvised cellular phone chargers, cellular phone batteries, sharpened spoons and other improvised weapons.
The law enforcement authorities were expected to return yesterday afternoon to continue their investigations into the brutal attack and their search for illegal items. It is understood that most of the illegal items were hidden in a section of the prison called ‘the Wall’.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs has launched a full investigation into the fracas in the prison that resulted in injury to several inmates last Friday.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Ministry informed that at approximately 17:40 hours on Friday, four inmates at the New Amsterdam Prison were admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital after they were attacked by four other inmates.
The injured, Clarence Williams, Kwame Bhagwandin, Abdussalim Azemulla and Davindra Harrichand, were subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital where they are receiving full medical attention.
According to the Ministry, initial reports suggest that a prison officer was checking the security of the cells, when it was alleged that he was attacked by an inmate who took away the keys, opened several cells of his associates and proceeded to attack and injure the inmates.

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