A call to investigate ‘terror’ at prison in Grenada
by Leroy Noel
Friday, October 1, 2004
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: An attorney at law in
Grenada, Arley Gill, is calling on the authorities to investigate what he
called a reign of terror unleashed by soldiers of the Regional Security
Services (RSS) and members of the Special Services Unit (SSU) on prisoners at
the Richmond Hill prison. Last Tuesday some
prisoners participated in a riot at the prisons and the soldiers were called
in. But Gill who is also an executive member
of the main opposition National Democratic Congress told members of the media
Thursday that the soldiers were too heavy handed and broke the limbs of
several prisoners. He related how the
prisoners were stripped off all their clothes and beaten mercilessly.
According to him in one instance a gun was held to the head of a prisoner and
was ordered to urinate in the mouth of another.
Gill believes such behaviour by the military must not be condoned and an
investigation is in order so that those who violated the law should be brought
to justice. Forty prisoners were since sent
St. Lucia after Hurricane Ivan destroyed most of the prison facility in
Grenada.
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