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Panic continued to grip the Essequibo Coast as inmates of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming intensified their rampage, setting fires to a dormitory and other buildings in the compound last night.This was after dozens, who broke out from the facility on Wednesday, returned voluntarily yesterday afternoon.The fire was started around 19:30 hours and by the time firefighters brought it under control near 21:00 hours, the female number three dorm, which housed about 20 inmates, and the tailor shop were completely destroyed.It is still not clear what caused the sudden outrage last night, but authorities are hoping to get to the bottom of it before the situation escalates.The New Opportunity Corp, Essequibo Coast.Last night’s actions by the student took on a more violent approach as this time around they armed themselves with cutlasses and other dangerous instruments from the facility’s tool room, which they had broken into.The inmates first set fire to the Female Number Three dorm, and managed to keep public-spirited persons and fire fighters at bay and from accessing the burning building.Armed police ranks were deployed and they too were in for a surprise from the young inmates.A few rounds were discharged into the air in an apparent attempt to scare the youths into submission,Cheap Jerseys From China, but they responded by shutting down the electricity supply to the facility.This tit-for-tat scenario continued as the inmates turned their attention to the tailor shop, which housed uniforms, bed sheets and other similar materials.Aided by a strong wind coming in from the coast,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China, the fire briefly threatened other dorms, including those housing the youngest inmates.However, authorities managed to free the little ones averting a possible catastrophe.Eventually, the fires were brought under control and the police settled down to the task of rounding up the marauding inmates.They subsequently managed to round up several of them who were armed with an assortment of makeshift weapons.SurrenderBut the task of capturing the ring leaders proved more difficult as about 16 of them who were armed with cutlasses had holed up in the sports room, daring the police to enter.This led to the police contemplating the use of tear gas to force them out.However, this was not necessary as the inmates, minus two, surrendered shortly before 23:00hrs.Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council Region Two, Parmanand Persaud, who was at the scene last night declined to comment on what was taking place at the time.Reports reaching this newspaper indicated that the authorities were warned that there was something major brewing ever since personnel from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport visited the facility.A source at the NOC informed that one inmate who was considered a ‘cochore’ by the others, had hinted that the ring leaders had procured gasoline and matches, with a view to setting fire to the buildings.A search was carried out, but the authorities failed to unearth anything.“I don’t know what is the motive for this sudden outrage. These children are so comfortable. They get three square meals,” the source said.Two of the beaten NOC guards.Up to late last night police and NOC authorities were still trying to restore calm to the facility.On Wednesday night the inmates, both male and female, overpowered guards at the juvenile detention centre, badly beating guards, after breaking down doors and smashing windows in their frenzied bid to flee the facility,NFL Jerseys From China, which normally has a population of over 200.However their freedom was short-lived as they all returned to their dorms by late Thursday afternoon. Some were captured while the vast majority, aware of the hunt by police and the army,NFL Jerseys Store, and braced with hunger, returned voluntarily.According to reports, on Wednesday night, one of the inmates managed to avoid lockdown and waited for the wardens to retire before shattering the locks of the various dormitories, letting his fellow inmates out.Well plannedA source said that from all appearances the breakout was well planned as all the inmates who were in six separate dormitories, simultaneously began freeing themselves.One terrified staffer at the NOC told this newspaper that around 19:15 hours, he heard loud banging coming from the locked dorms, and he decided to investigate. However by the time he got close to the area where the noise was coming from, it was too late – the inmates had already broken free and came charging towards him.The staff who is known in the NOC as ‘Sargie’ received a sound thrashing from the delinquent youths, some of whom stormed their way out of the compound.‘Sargie’, a Supervisor, recounted that the whole incident evolved from an argument between a male juvenile and another Supervisor, Noel King, over a broken kitchen door.“After the males were successful in freeing themselves, they went over to the female dorm and assisted the females to escape. Boys started to lash the female locks, breaking it off.”Sensing trouble ‘Sargie’ said that he and another guard called Deo ran to the back of the dorm.He added that while they were on their way, they noticed a “flock” of boys who circled and viciously attacked him.“They beat, cuff, kicked me in my head, stomach, all I could have done was run.”The other supervisor, Deo, managed to run into the Medex Quarters.The frustrated man said as the boys continued their vicious attack on the security guards, at some point he escaped from his hiding place and went to inform the Administrator about what was unfolding.But the rampaging youths were not done. They attacked another supervisor, Mr. Dover, who had no other alternative than to scale a fence.A concerned resident of Onderneeming told this newspaper last night that the youths went to an abandoned property, and after arming themselves with paling staves which they ripped from the fence, they broke up into several gangs creating terror in the communities they traversed.The resident believes that the rampaging mobs were trying to seek out specific wardens who reside in the nearby communities, since they were overheard planning attacks on persons whose names they shouted.The resident, however, informed that the police were alerted and jeep loads of ranks were seen traversing the Essequibo Coast trying to round up the escapees.In the wake of the mass breakout, the first of its kind, Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony under whose portfolio the NOC falls, announced that a Commission of Enquiry will be set up to examine the circumstances that led to the break out and to make recommendations.Probe orderedSpeaking on a television programme yesterday, Dr. Anthony said that the Commission will include personnel from his Ministry, the Ministry of Human Services and other stakeholders.The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport commended members of various Essequibo communities, the Joint Forces, its own staff of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) and the Ministry’s Young Entrepreneurs Skills Training (YEST), the division with responsibility for the NOC, for their overnight collaborative work to recapture the students.The Ministry rushed a top management team to Essequibo, led by Assistant Director of Youth Devanand Ramdatt to monitor the situation and manage the recapture and rehabilitation of the escapees, as well as to lay the foundation for an immediate enquiry into the incident.Upon the arrival of the Georgetown team by 09:00 hrs on Thursday, the students were already being shepherded into their respective dorms for questioning and debriefings.By Thursday midday, the situation was under virtual control and no one anticipated what was to follow later in the evening.“Not one of the returned escapees has so far come up with a valid reason for their actions on Wednesday night,Sale NFL Jerseys,” Ramdatt reported.He hinted that the NOC is indeed in need of additional staff.“An early enquiry into this incident must result in urgent implementation of recommendations to ensure no recurrence of such escapes.  Students’ concerns and complaints are to attract active consideration,” the Ministry of Youth and Culture said in a statement.According to Dr. Anthony, the New Opportunity Corps is not designed to be a prison but a facility where delinquent children can get a new lease on life.At the NOC, apart from disciplinary measures, the children are tutored in trade and academics,Cheap MLS Jerseys, and in most cases they are enlisted to sit the Caribbean Examination Council O’Level examinations.