One of the four men who recently escaped the holding bay at the Lusignan Prison was recaptured on Wednesday evening while hiding in the canefield aback Beterverwagting Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Recaptured: Sasenarine Bisnauth
Twenty-four-year-old Sasenarine Bisnauth escaped on April 20, 2020 during a heavy downpour. He was remanded to prison on January 6, 2020, for two counts of robbery and one count of armed robbery.
Now that he has been recaptured, additional charges will be instituted. Those who remain at large are Anthony Padmore, 26, of Ogle Street, Beterverwagting; murder accused Kenraul Perez, 26, of Mabaruma, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini) and Ganesh Dhanraj, 32, of Facade, Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), who was also charged with murder.
Lusignan Prison escapees
The prison authorities noticed that the men were missing during roll-call on the morning in question after they did not answer to their names.
Further, the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) recordings proved that the men escaped by jumping over the eastern fence.
Over the years, several persons have escaped from the Lusignan penitentiary, but have been recaptured.
Following the fire in 2017 at the Camp Street penitentiary, the Lusignan Prison was used as a holding facility with several holding areas.
However, after a few days, 13 inmates had escaped by digging a hole under the perimeter fence. The hole was about five feet wide and another five feet deep.
Those who had escaped were murder accused Clive Forde, Pascal Smith, Kerry Cromwell, Odel Roberts, Kendell Skeet, Rayon Jones, Jason Howard, Shawn Harris, Paul Goriah and Jamal Forde, along with Teshawn McKenzie and Winston Long, who were incarcerated for armed robbery, and Jamal Joseph, who was remanded on an attempted murder charge.
Goriah, whose last known address was given as Grove Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, was the only person who was not recaptured and remains on the run to date. The Lusignan Prison is located on the East Coast of Demerara, and houses more than 300 prisoners.
