A senior source at the Prisons Service has informed TV6 News, that the death of a prisoner who was hospitalised following a brawl at the Port of Spain prison, may in fact not be as a result of any injury sustained in the incident, but rather, an underlying illness.
TV6 reached out to Prisons Commissioner Deopersad Ramoutar for further information, however the Commissioner noted that the matter is under active police investigation. Rynessa Cutting reports.