One more Penitentiary in Jamaica makes good economic sense

[HL]

The location though important--will not be considered here.

I am just thinking about the job creation that a penitentiary will create.

Like factories, penitentiaries are the "life blood" of some communities.

Did i mention it could also be a crime deterrent? (A recent article posted on this forum spoke about crime prevention).

[Hortical]

After the US shuts down Guantanemo prison fi terrorists, we should lease the facility and farm out the prison system to the Cubans.

[Don1]

The location though important--will not be considered here.

I am just thinking about the job creation that a penitentiary will create.

Like factories, penitentiaries are the "life blood" of some communities.

Did i mention it could also be a crime deterrent? (A recent article posted on this forum spoke about crime prevention).

this post shows extraordinary insight into Jamaican criminal psychology and economic requirements.

[HL]

x-plain.

Thank-x.

[Gamma]

i was actually thinking the same thing.

[Assasin]

x-plain

[HL]

thank-x Assasin!

[Gamma]

you don't think so?

[HL]

...you were actually thinking the same thing.

What same thing?

x-plain.

thank-x (Jawge 3:16)

[Gamma]

this post shows extraordinary insight into Jamaican criminal psychology and economic requirements that same thing.....

[Don1]

quote=Gamma;117136]this post shows extraordinary insight into Jamaican criminal psychology and economic requirements that same thing.....[/quote]

[Don1]

xplained

x-plain.

Thank-x.

I was being sarcastic... as you probably know.

I agree that Jamaica needs more prisons. Our incarceration rate is way below that of many regional countries with a less severe crime problem.

However I never saw expanding prisons as an economic measure. I'm aware that many communities throughout the United States see prisons in economic terms and vie to attract them.... and a so called prison industrial complex has developed in that country.
I never saw Jamaican prisons that way.

Additionally, if you were serious about prisons being crime deterrents in Jamaica... I wholeheartedly disagree.
This is a country where even police stations are hardly deterrents to crime.

[Muadib]

It is not possible for Prisons to be a deterrent to crime in Jamaica ??

Interesting dilema...

Prison Labour is an excellent economic strategy..

It worked during Slavery....

What about Jamaica prohibits that strategy ?

Excellent opportunity to mop up dormant human resource.. all we need now is appropriate legislation to incarcerate on a massive scale..

[HL]

hmmmmm...

Good last paragraph Don1. I'll agree with you on this.

Job creation does not have to be 'sexy'.

I read where men are charging people who live in a village--money to use the local river. This is because of lack of employment.

I believe that Jamaica does not have the luxury of cherry-pickin' what systems of employment creation is ideal.

[HL]

that's my overall line of thought maudib