St. GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – The Grenada government said Monday that it viewed as a “very serious breach of prison security” the taping of a lecture given by prisoner and former deputy prime minister, Bernard Coard, on the proposed Caribbean Community (Caricom) Single Market and Economy (CSME). Acting Commissioner of Prisons, Wesley Beggs, in a letter sent to Pastor Stanford Simon, said taping the lecture on 25 Oct., given by Coard, who is serving a life sentence for his part in the death of leftwing Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in 1983, highlights a very serious breach of prison security. In the letter, copied to the Conference of Churches and the National Security Minister Einstein Louison, Beggs said that “no permission was given for the taping and broadcasting of this lecture therefore prison regulations were broken.” In a statement on Monday, Louison expressed “grave concern” about the situation, which he said, “highlights a very serious breach of prison security which occurred on the 25th of October 2005.” “The Minister of National Security has given his full support to the action taken by the Acting Commissioner. Minister Louison said the country’s laws and its national security must be kept in tact and that breaches like this could not be tolerated. He also pointed out that the confidence and trust which exist between the Prison Commission and Pastor Stanford Simon have been undermined,” the statement added. Reprinted from antiguasun.com