Convict escapes while working at prison officer’s house

Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are now on the hunt for a convicted prisoner, who escaped on Sunday while performing duties at the home of a prison officer in Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara.
At the time of his escape, two other prisoners were with him.
The prisoner, Deryck Oudkerk, was discovered missing about 16:30h as the officer was preparing to return to the Lusignan Prison.

The three prisoners were taken to the home of the officer, who was the lone supervisor of the men.
Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels confirmed that Oudkerk escaped while noting that he was serving an 18-month sentence at the Lusignan Prison for larceny.
Director Samuels added that based on reports he would have received, Oudkerk was “cutting bushes” when he used the opportunity to escape.
Oudkerk, of Upper Watooka Linden, worked as a gold miner and pleaded guilty to stealing a fuel pump, starter, six pails of diesel, and a quantity of groceries valued $245,000, property of Sherwin Bernard at St Elizabeth Mission.
Anyone with information that would lead to the recapture of the prisoners is asked to contact the Guyana Police Force on telephone numbers 226-4585, 225-2700, or 911 or at the nearest Police Station.
In October 2017, convicted rapist Delon Blake, 35, escaped from the Lusignan penitentiary by using his bed sheet and wooden pallets to climb over the fence on the northern side of the facility in full view of Police ranks performing duties in the tower. However, he was recaptured two days later along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
Back in July 2017, 13 hard-core criminals escaped from the holding area at the said correctional facility. Twelve of the 13 were recaptured over a two-day period, while one remains on the run.
The one still at large is Paul Goriah, who was charged for murder. He is reportedly from Timehri, East Bank Demerara.
It was reported that the men escaped from the swampy pasture of the Lusignan Prison by digging a hole under the perimeter fence. The hole was about five feet in length and another five feet in depth. The 13 escapees had been transferred from the Camp Street Prison after it was reduced to ashes by inmates, who set the place on fire.