Prison officials have taken steps to remedy an acute water shortage which occurred at some sections of the Camp Street penitentiary Sunday morning, resulting in some inmates becoming agitated.
The inadequate water supply to the upper flats of the dormitories, Director of Prisons Dale Erskine explained, was due to an electrical fault which the water pump at the institution developed.
Some inmates upon arising early Sunday morning to carry out their ablutions and finding no water available became angry.
But Erskine said the fault was rectified shortly after daybreak.
Responding to claims by some inmates in sections of the media that requests during the night to prison officers for water to the flush toilets were denied, Erskine said the denial would have been because of security concerns.
Meanwhile, investigations surrounding Friday night’s death of the two remand prisoners, Dyal Singh and Solomon  Blackman, at the Georgetown Prisons are continuing by both the  Police and Prison authorities.
Singh was reportedly killed by Solomon who was later pounced upon by other inmates in the dorm and given a sound beating. He too subsequently died.
Port mortems performed by Dr Nehaul Singh Monday on the bodies of  deceased inmates revealed that Singh’s death was as a result of cerebral haemorrhage resulting from  multiple blunt cranial trauma, while Blackman’s cause of death was given as multiple injuries caused by sharp and blunt force to the body.
The bodies of the dead men have since been handed over to their respective relatives.
Prisons authorities here, like their counterparts at jails in other CARICOM and border states, are constantly battling to stop drugs, makeshift weapons and other illegal items from getting into the hands of inmates.
The Georgetown Prisons is bursting at its seams due to overcrowding , and it was explained that as a result, an inmate can set about fashioning a makeshift weapon by sharpening almost anything, such as a toothbrush, without the knowledge of wardens on duty.
And, out of safety for oneself, some inmates though tempted, adopt a don’t tell attitude.
The ongoing fight by the prison authorities to stamp out illegal acts in its jails has seen some of its own employees being prosecuted and are now inmates as well.