Deputy Director of Prisons visits stabbed recruit

Aug 12, 2016 News

Deputy Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels on Wednesday visited recruit Kevon Patterson, who was stabbed to the stomach by an inmate who is on remand for the rape and murder of a 50-year-old woman.
The 22-year-old rank of New Amsterdam, Berbice, is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. He is in a stable condition.
During the visit, Patterson was able to chat with the Deputy Director.
Patterson was stabbed with a length of sharpened wire by 30-year-old murder accused Paul Charles, at around 14.30 hrs last Sunday at the Lusignan Prison.
The attack reportedly occurred when Patterson and other staff were preparing to serve meals to the inmates.
Kaieteur News understands that Charles had alleged that Patterson had shot at him during the March 3, Georgetown Prison unrest, in which 17 inmates perished.

Deputy Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels visiting the recruit who was stabbed

However, a prison officer made it clear that there is no possibility that Patterson could have shot at Charles, since Patterson is still undergoing training and would not have been issued with a firearm. Prison sources said that Charles has displayed erratic behaviour since his incarceration, but has not been deemed to be mentally ill.
He was one of a number of prisoners who were transferred from the Georgetown Prison to the Lusignan Prison, in a bid to ease overcrowding at the Camp Street penitentiary.
According to reports, the prisoner and the recruit had an altercation earlier in the day when Charles had refused to return to his cell. Later, Charles stabbed Patterson.
Charles has been on remand for the past seven years for the December 21, 2009 murder of boat operator Patricia Williams at Foulmouth, Essequibo River.
Williams’ partially nude body was discovered by residents in a clump of bushes close to a landing.
A post mortem revealed that the woman had been strangled and sexually assaulted.

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