Jamaica Gleaner News "Suspicion and disbelief continue to greet official reports on Monday's riot at the Horizon Remand Centre.
Following a visit to the Spanish Town Road-based facility yesterday afternoon, Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson reported that nine correctional officers and 40 inmates had been injured in the melee.
According to Nelson, none of the correctional officers was hospita-lised, while 15 inmates were admitted at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH); 17 treated and returned to the prison and three transferred to the hospital at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre. Five inmates were being treated at hospital up to yesterday afternoon.
'No one was shot in the incident,' the national security ministry declared in its release."
Following a visit to the Spanish Town Road-based facility yesterday afternoon, Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson reported that nine correctional officers and 40 inmates had been injured in the melee.
According to Nelson, none of the correctional officers was hospita-lised, while 15 inmates were admitted at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH); 17 treated and returned to the prison and three transferred to the hospital at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre. Five inmates were being treated at hospital up to yesterday afternoon.
'No one was shot in the incident,' the national security ministry declared in its release."
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