"I don't care if you put 10 of them in one cell" this is what was happening before and left unguarded for the longest time untill the prison guard unions decided it was not their members duty to guard so many persons in one cell.
Thats the reason that the justice officials are now having a hard time placing criminals at Point Blanche, it is not that there physically less space than before. After the Prison guard union took up this issue and the court agreed with them, the prosecutors cannot just chock them all in one cell anymore.
So, the problem was there for the longest time, no one cared to bring the shortage of space at the prison forward before.
We can also look into creating a jail on St.Eustatius for several islands, Statia can make money out of this. Statia has the land and it is an island with not much to do, prisoners would rather prefer to stay in then try to get out.
10 prisoners in one cell
Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 2007-10-12 16:38
"I don't care if you put 10 of them in one cell" this is what was happening before and left unguarded for the longest time untill the prison guard unions decided it was not their members duty to guard so many persons in one cell.
Thats the reason that the justice officials are now having a hard time placing criminals at Point Blanche, it is not that there physically less space than before. After the Prison guard union took up this issue and the court agreed with them, the prosecutors cannot just chock them all in one cell anymore.
So, the problem was there for the longest time, no one cared to bring the shortage of space at the prison forward before.
We can also look into creating a jail on St.Eustatius for several islands, Statia can make money out of this. Statia has the land and it is an island with not much to do, prisoners would rather prefer to stay in then try to get out.
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