Justice Winston Moore has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the escape of inmates and other related occurrences at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), Onderneeming, on the Essequibo Coast, in late August.This post became vacant sometime in late September after Mr. Prem Persaud, who is also the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC),Jerseys Cheap NFL, resigned.Persaud had resigned just as the commission was preparing to visit and conduct interviews with staffers and inmates of the NOC.Youth Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, during an interview with this publication about a month ago, had explained that the commissioners are being given a strict timeline to work with, and that it coincided with an important PUC conference that Mr. Persaud had to prepare for.“It was understandable that he had to divert his energy elsewhere,” the Minister had explained.Ever since the former Judge’s resignation, investigations had been stalled,Cheap NHL Jerseys, and the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport was in the process of finding a suitable replacement.According to a Ministry Official, Justice Moore was appointed several weeks ago and investigations into the violent NOC breakout have since begun.Kaieteur News was unable to make contact with the Minister to further ascertain the depth of work that has been done so far.The Commission of Inquiry was set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the violent rampage that a number of youngsters ages ranging from 14 to 16 went on after escaping from the Juvenile detention facility.Reports are that the teenagers stormed through several communities while being armed with cutlasses and other weapons. During this period,Nike Air Max 97 Silver Bullet, a female dormitory and a workshop within the compound were set alight.Some of the females have since been relocated.Subsequent to the rampage some of the inmates, after being confronted, claimed that they were being abused by staffers,Authentic Adidas Hockey Jerseys China, and that they had reached breaking point. A senior Ministry official had however stated that none of the juveniles made any such allegations to the team which visited the centre prior to the escape.It was as a result of these controversial statements, that the Commission of Inquiry was ordered.The Board of Inquiry includes Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Alfred King; Senior Superintendent and Divisional Commander of ‘D’ Division, Christopher Griffith; Senior Probation Officer of Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Trenetta Scott and Mr. Maydha Persaud, a retired headmaster and member of the Teaching Service Commission.Of the 48 inmates who had appeared in court, eight were charged with arson, and 40 were arraigned for escaping from a training school. Twelve of the inmates are female,Nike Air Max 98 Tour Yellow, while thirty-six are male.Thirteen of the juveniles pleaded guilty to escaping from the NOC, while the remaining 35 entered not guilty pleas.Sixteen of the inmates were remanded to the juvenile facility in Georgetown,Cheap NFL Jerseys, while the other 32 were returned to the NOC.Minister Anthony says that he stands firm on his decision to penalize any staffer of the facility, should they be found guilty of abusing the children.