ERWIN says:

When Desmond Hoyte was President, the crime rate was down significantly. Bring back the Death Penalty, the bandits has to have some kind of fear, before comitting an offense.

Sex slave allegations at NOC

A female inmate at the New Opportunity Corps has alleged that she was gang-raped by three officers at the institution, and President Bharrat Jagdeo has ordered a “comprehensive investigation” into the charges made by the teen.

Police official confirmed last night that two NOC officers at whom the charges were levelled were detained and questioned over the weekend. They have since been released on station bail.

Kaieteur News understands that the teen was checked for what appeared to be visible bite marks on one of her breasts.

According to a GINA release, a complaint of an alleged sexual misconduct at the Onderneeming, Essequibo institution was recently brought to President Bharrat Jagdeo's attention.

It said President Jagdeo subsequently directed Minister within the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Bibi Shadick and other relevant agencies to launch a comprehensive investigation into the allegations.

“The Guyana Police Force, in addition to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport - under whose purview the NOC falls are also part of the investigations.

Police Commissioner Winston Felix said last night that he had not received an official report on the case,

However, Deputy Police Commissioner, Crime Chief Henry Greene said the police have received an official report and an investigation into the alleged gang rape is underway.

Kaieteur News has learnt that the teen claimed that the sexual abuse began in mid-August 2004, when two female officers in whose care she had been placed were away from the institution for two weeks.

She claimed that she was taken to an office at the NOC, where a male officer forced her to have sex, after threatening to “bore” and “kill” her if she resisted.

She claimed that the same officer continued to subject her to various sexual acts during the two weeks that the female officers were away.

The teen is said to have claimed that even after the two female officers returned, the male officer would sexually abuse her, whenever she had to go to the office.

But according to the sources, the teen claimed that another male officer also joined in the sexual torment.

This allegedly occurred between August 2004 and February 2005, with the first attack reportedly occurring in the man's office, after a female officer had reportedly sent her there.

Kaieteur News also understands that the teen claimed that in January 2005, both men and a third male officer, raped her in an office.

The teen reportedly stated that she never complained to senior officials, because she did not know whom to turn to.

She said that after being discharged from the NOC this year, she eventually revealed her torment.

NOC is a correctional facility for juvenile delinquents who have appeared before a court for committing a crime and are sent there for rehabilitation