Prison Director (Ag) Gladwin Samuels confirmed during a press conference earlier Sunday evening confirmed that five prisoners escaped the Camp Street jail following the fire which destroyed a large section of the prison. The escapees have been identified as Mark Royden Williams called ‘Smallie’ or “Durant’ and Uree Voswick.
The others are yet to be identified.
‘Smallie’ was sentenced to death for his involvement in the Bartica Massacre which claimed the lives of 12 persons in 2008.
While Vosmick was charged with the 2014 murder of a Sterling Products Limited security guard during a robbery.
Security forces are on the hunt for the men.
Prison officer Odinga Wickham died while undergoing treatment for his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital and Simeon Sandy has been identified as the injured prison officer as a result of the Camp Street prison riot. He was reportedly stabbed in his left eye but is said to be in a stable condition at GPHC.