Convict recaptured shortly after escaping from Lusignan Prison

A 20-year-old man who was serving time at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara (ECD) for armed robberies was recaptured shortly after he escaped from the detention facility on Wednesday.

Shamar Prince, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), is serving two five-year sentences for two counts of robbery under arms.
Police said around 10:00h on Wednesday, while working on the prison’s farm, the inmate escaped when a truck entered the compound through an open gate.
“It is alleged that the accused was working on the prison farm when a truck entered the prison compound through the eastern gate and the suspect exited the said gate and made good his escape into the backlands,” a statement from the Police said.
An alarm was raised and ranks from the Vigilance Police Station responded and searched the backlands where they recaptured the suspect.
He was then told of the offence committed, cautioned, arrested, and escorted to the Vigilance Police Station and later handed over to the prison authorities.
Investigations are ongoing.
This is the second escape from the prison within the last two weeks.
On October 28, Kapildeo Gangadin, 24, escaped from the Lusignan Prison, about a week after he was remanded on two counts of murder.
Gangadin, of Annandale, ECD, 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)