Acting Prisons Commissioner Deopersad Ramoutar has denied the allegations that the nine men who were accused of the kidnapping and murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman received inhumane treatment while imprisoned.
The men claimed that, while on remand, they were subjected to inhuman living conditions.
The claims were unchallenged in court with the State failing to enter a defence and now the nine men have each been awarded in excess of $2 million by the court for malicious prosecution.
During an interview on i95.5FM on Tuesday, Ramoutar said: “That is totally untrue. If there was any truth to this we would see more prisoners complaining about this.”
Ramoutar said, “the prison system within recent years has been quite transparent, we are not some secret organisation we have many civilians.”
“Many NGOs are coming to our institution and if this was a reality it would have been exposed. I will allow anyone with integrity and value to come and visit the prison and the inmates.
“That is totally untrue and ludicrous to say the same,” stated Ramoutar.
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