Armed robbery suspect escapes from Lusignan Prison

An 18-year-old prisoner identified as Kavin Singh escaped from the Lusignan Prison between 9:15h and 11:37h on Thursday while waiting at the institution’s virtual court compound.
Singh, whose last known address is Lot 291 School Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was admitted to the prison on December 6, 2021 after being charged with two counts of possession of ammunition and firearm and robbery under arms.
Reports are that at around 09:30h on Thursday, a prison officer uplifted seven inmates, including Singh, to attend court. Singh, who was foot-cuffed at the time, asked to use the washroom.
Permission was granted, and the prisoner went to use the washroom without supervision.

The prison officer has said that upon his return to the washroom, he discovered the inmate missing, and an alarm was raised.
Checks were made, and it was discovered that the eastern chain-link fence of the court compound was detached from the post. The Guyana Police Force was contacted, and ranks have joined in the manhunt to recapture the teenager.
Back in October 28, 2021, twenty-four-year-old Kapildeo Gangadin of Annandale, ECD escaped from the Lusignan Prison about a week after he was remanded on two counts of murder. Gangadin was discovered missing after a routine check was conducted.
It was reported that Gangadin was housed in the quarantine section of the prison, and based on preliminary investigations, he escaped after tampering with the housing unit.
Officials stated that, from there, he ventured to the back of the prison, where he used a cloth pole to scale the fence and proceed into the farms, from where he scaled another fence and made good his escape.
A day after his escape, he was recaptured in a minibus in the vicinity of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
Gangadin had reportedly confessed to the murder of 20-year-old Chris Persaud of Strathspey, ECD, and was subsequently remanded to prison. Persaud had owned an electronics store which was located at his home.
The murder accused was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison for the escape. (G9)