Former Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine, Former Justice James Patterson and Human Rights activist Merle Mendonca have been named to sit on the Board of Inquiry which is tasked with investigating the circumstances of the multiple fires and deadly riot which took place at the Camp Street Prison over the past two days.

Justice Patterson will be chairman of the Board, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan announced on Friday afternoon at a press conference.

The inquiry will investigate the causes, circumstances and conditions that led to the disturbances on March 03 which resulted in the death of 17 prisoners; the nature of all injuries sustained by the prisoners and determine whether the conduct of the staff of the Guyana Prison Service who were on duty on March 03 conformed with the Standard Operating Procedures of the Prison Service.

The Board of Inquiry was ordered by President David Granger.