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As the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Camp Street Prison riot continues, a prisoner has testified that the inmates primarily wanted to gain the attention of the media when they started fires in the Capital A block of the jail. The prisoner, Basil Morgan, under cross by examination by Commission Counsel Excellence Dazzle, stated he has been incarcerated at ...

  Prison Officials have finally confirmed that some 16 persons have died in the Camp Street Prison riot with 5 being affected with varying degrees of burns. Director of Prisons Carl Graham at an emergency press conference on Thursday afternoon was pellucid that everything was done to save the lives of those that died. It was explained that 15 persons ...