It has been almost a year, and the results of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) which was set up to investigate the violent breakout at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) has still not been revealed.Earlier this year,
Wholesale Jerseys USA, Chairman of the COI, Winston Moore had told Kaieteur News that the report has already been prepared, and that a review was being done to ensure that everything was accurate and did not have loopholes.The Commission’s work has had some delays after its initial Chairman, Justice Prem Persaud, resigned just as investigations were about to commence.The Commission of Inquiry was set up several months ago to investigate the circumstances surrounding the violent rampage involving a number of youngsters whose ages ranged from 14 to 16, and leading to their escape from the Juvenile detention facility.Reports are that the teenagers stormed through several communities while armed with cutlasses and other weapons. A female dormitory and a workshop within the compound were set alight. Some 17 young ladies who were housed in that dorm had to be relocated.Subsequent to the rampage, some of the inmates claimed that they were being abused by staffers and that they had reached breaking point.A senior Ministry of Culture official had however stated that none of the juveniles made any such allegations to the team which visited the centre prior to the escape.It was as a result of these controversial statements, that a Commission of Inquiry was set up.The five-member Board of Inquiry includes Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture,
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