IN a strategic move to prioritise the human resource assets within the prison service, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), on Monday, engaged the services of former Superintendent of Prisons Philip Bandoo.

According to the GPS, the purpose of the engagement was aimed at enhancing and strengthening the process when facilitating the admission and discharge of prisoners.

Director of Prisons, Nicklon Elliot, said that Bandoo’s services were centred on leveraging his expertise to review the prison-intake manual and provide training for staff members in the areas of reception management, including calculation of sentences.

Furthermore, the Strategic Management Department along with the training department of the GPS was tasked with the responsibility of providing the continuous monitoring and evaluation of the procedures to ensure that the quality control system within the Prison Service was standardised at all the prison locations and are in keeping with the prison rules.

Bandoo brings with him a wealth of expertise, which he garnered from his extensive career as a correctional officer. He spent 38 years in the GPS.

His profound experience and remarkable background include serving as a former reception officer, working over 20 years in the reception department.