Attorneys for Rajaee Ali, the alleged gang leader and murder accused removed from the Maximum Security Prison during last week’s sweeping state of emergency operation, have issued letters to Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro and acting Prison Commissioner Carlos Corraspe.

They are demanding access to their client by July 21, at 4 pm, or they will take the matter to court.

Ali was among several high-risk inmates relocated on July 18 after intelligence revealed that gangs were using smuggled cell phones to co-ordinate attacks on senior members of the police, judiciary, and national security agencies. The government said the emergency measures were necessary to dismantle “dangerous criminal command structures” operating inside correctional facilities.