TWO high profile prisoners were among a group of inmates at the Camp Street Prison who were a part of a foiled prison escape uncovered on Friday.

Prison warders discovered several bars of a cell had been cut and secured with cloth.
Gladwin Samuels, Director of Prisons (ag), said the warders made the discovery while interacting with prisoners in the security block of the Georgetown Prison.

He explained that the heads of Joint Services were alerted and the immediate search operation revealed that bars of another cell had also been cut.
The director noted that hacksaw blades were discovered during the search that are said to be the items used to cut the bars.

The prison head said the police, with the assistance of prison officers from the Georgetown Prison, will be conducting a full investigation into the matter to determine, among other matters, how the prisoners got possession of hacksaw blades and why the sawed bars were not discovered earlier.

The high profile prisoners were identified as Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander called “Mad Dawg”, an escapee from the July, 9, 2017 prison break and Ryan Jones who is serving 28 years for manslaughter.

The prison director noted that the duo are reported to be the main players in the escape plan and systems are in place for these persons to be secured at another location.