A friend asked me a while back, “Why do you write”? I was a little taken aback at the question, but I intimated to her that writing was my chosen way of communicating my thoughts.
Some people rap, sing, write poetry, and play musical instruments. I love to write; I believe the written word is intrinsically important; it leaves an indelibly codified historical record of events of the time and a window into the writer’s soul.
She told me she sometimes read my work, which I was thankful for; she didn’t have to.
She went on to say that I am my own worst enemy, as there was too much cussing in my writing, she cautioned.
My writing gave her a headache, she said. I would be advised to tone it down.
My friend had no idea that what she told me was music to my ears. I never thought I would write so that people could feel comfortable; I do not write to validate what people already believe.
I write to communicate my thoughts in ways that jolt people to the realities of what I am trying to convey.
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I did that little lead-in to avoid a cussing rant because I am floored at the seeming state of backwardness in my country.
Wait, wait, please, you die-hard patriots, before you start cussing me out, hear me out first; thank you.
According to some recent reporting, the Jamaican Government is again talking about putting prisoners to work.
Geez, what a novel idea.
PUTTING PRISONERS TO WORK WHAT A NOVEL IDEA
Here’s the shit which gets my blood boiling. On the rare occasion that a murderer gets convicted for a fraction of his crimes, the sentence is usually handed down with a hard labor caveat.
That the government is not carrying out the court’s orders means that this administration and others prior are in gross violation and abdication of their duties and are violating court orders, which are antithetical to the concepts of a budding democracy.
PRISON CLOTHES
The reporting alleges that the government is considering using convicts to clean up the nation’s streets and gullies that are littered with garbage. In fact, the state is now considering purchasing special clothing for prisoners to wear when they engage in clean-up activities.
Why are prisoners not in special prison clothes, and why would it only be when they are engaged in work?
Why are Jamaican Government officials so intent on half ass methods rather than doing things the way they ought to be done?
If a prisoner manages to escape custody, one of the easiest ways to quickly identify and recapture that felon is the prison garb he is dressed in.
Why has the government not done this simple due diligence, given those facts?
LOW-RISK PRISONERS
I have always argued that Jamaican authorities are like a Jack ass with its ass where its head should be.
So it comes as no surprise,.…… to me at least, that Pearnel Charles Jr., the junior national security minister, told the media quote;
“Any person in the systems with a non-custodial sentence or a custodial sentence that is low risk could be used in this category to clean the litters in gullies.”
So the idea is to basically punish low-risk non-violent offenders while [violent shottas sit]around chatting on their cell phones, eating, making music, and ordering hits.
Actually, comparing these dweebs to jackasses is an insult to jackasses.
“We need to reduce the number of persons within our custody. We have reclassified, and we are also looking at electronically monitoring convicted persons to engage in clean-up activities that they might not be able to do before because of security issues.”
This is the Jackasse’s ass where the head should have been.
If the administration wishes to carry out the court’s orders finally, it would make sense to do the opposite of what this twit is recommending.
(a) Here’s a clue, have low-risk offenders who have no motivation to escape without getting into more trouble do the work that is being recommended, and (b) Have high-risk offenders get up off their asses and do serious work wherever they are needed, to build the country.
How do you ask?
I’m glad you asked.
I fully understand that simple things that many of my country folks do not understand are considered impossible to do.
Other countries have created ways to put violent offenders to work safely.
If, of course, we can eschew pretense and get our heads out of our own asses.
Look, China, Iran, Russia, the United States, and almost all of the major countries across the globe execute murderers.
Since we Jamaicans are sanctimonious hypocrites who are too shit holier-than-though to kill these scumbags, maybe we can get around to putting them to work so they earn their keep and repay their debt to society.
Shackle two together by the angles and give them three feet of chain to separate them and put their criminal asses to work.
This is a net win for the country as they produce to feed themselves. Please give them a tiny stipend; this results in less idle time for them to plan and scheme and order hits on innocent people from prison.
As straightforward as the foregone is, I cannot wait to hear the sanctimonious bleeding hearts with their contrarian handwriting about how we cannot do this; we cannot do that.
Simple legislation, which ought to be a given, becomes a major thing. A major announcement is required for this grand idea. Yup, putting prisoners in uniform is groundbreaking[sic]
Since scarce state resources are being spent to feed, medicate, house, and whatever other benefits they receive, it is only fair that Prisoners are made to earn their keep.
It is unquestionably the right thing to do, yet the government is acting as if this is a monumental, groundbreaking concept for which it must be congratulated.
On the other hand, if the government ever gets up off its ass and gets this done the right way, look for the pathetic political opposition to find something wrong in its implementation on which to object and seek political mileage.
On that note, while we are on the subject, it is high time that the JLP tags the PNP as a “criminal supporting party” going forward.
If they want to support criminality, let them own it.