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Jensen La Vende

Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Prison Of­fi­cers As­so­ci­a­tion (POA), Lester Lo­gie, says the Prison Ser­vice must ac­cept some re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for the es­cape and sub­se­quent fa­tal shoot­ing of in­mate Abra­ham Brig­gs, who died yes­ter­day af­ter be­ing shot by po­lice dur­ing a con­fronta­tion in San­gre Grande.

Brig­gs, 28, of Brook­lyn Bridge Road, San­gre Grande, was serv­ing a six-year sen­tence for rob­bery with ag­gra­va­tion and was sched­uled to be re­leased in March 2029. He es­caped cus­tody around 5 pm on Tues­day while on labour du­ty at the Youth Train­ing and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre (YTRC).