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Inmate escapes Lusignan Prison by jumping fence

March 17, 2021
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The area of the prison where Taje Singh escaped (Photo: Guyana Police Force/March 17, 2021)

The Guyana Prison Service and Guyana Police Force are on the hunt for a prisoner who escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast of Demerara Wednesday morning.

Police in a statement said 45-year-old Taje Singh jumped the southern prison fence and escaped into a clump of bushes at about 07:10h.

Singh of Lot 81 Zeelugt North, West Coast Demerara, was serving a sentence for unlawful wounding and larceny of a water pump.

 

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