3 injured prison officers discharged from hospital

Camp Street jailbreak

… 1 remains hospitalised

Prison officers Simeon Sandy, Drexel Gonsalves and Jason Maltay who were all injured during the events that led to the brazen prison escape and fire the Camp Street Prison last week has all been discharged from hospital.
However, while the road to recovery may be tall still, their families can breathe easier knowing that their loves were stable enough to be released from hospital. According to information released on Sunday, the three ranks were discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) into the care of their respective families.
Meanwhile, another injured officer, Hubert Trim remains hospitalised. According to Department of Public Information (DPI) Imran Khan, the prison rank was taken out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the hospital and placed in the ward.
On Thursday last it was revealed that the prisoners had waltzed through front gate as Police guarded the walls prison walls during the blaze at the prison. Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, during a press conference at the Public Security Ministry had explained that security on the perimeter of the Georgetown prisons was directed at prisoners escaping through the walls of the prison and not on the front gate, which the prison controls.
The local press was told that the prison officers at the front gate were overpowered and five men came out of that gate, headed down Camp Street, and hijacked a car in which four of them escaped. Detailing the difficulties Police ranks had faced while trying to control the situation, Persaud admitted that the Police on the streets guarding the perimeter of the prison were so focused on the walls they “didn’t even notice persons passing them on Camp Street”.
A group of prisoners on Sunday afternoon staged an attack on the prison officials and set the Camp Street Prison alight.
Reports were that the prison escapees exited the front gate armed with guns and other weapons. Prison officer Odinga Wickham was fatally shot during the incident. A manhunt is currently underway for five fugitives.