UK (English) prisons are full to bursting point, with about 100 places left out of 80,000 plus. On the one hand people are wringing their hands, asking 'what are we going to do', on the other hand the government plans a crackdown on violent crime.
Things are much easier in Georgia. The president has just charged the Justice Minister with DEMOLISHING Ortatchala prison in central Tbilisi (where exactly???) within 50 days. The 2650 (in words - two thousand six hundred and fifty) prisoners resident in the prison will be distributed around the country to prisons with better living conditions.
Did someone ask: 'Where's the plan? Where are the staff going to go? How will prisoners be selected for specific prisons? Are there enough vacancies in other prisons?' No, I did not think so, either.
Oh, power is a wonderful thing!
Monday 18 February 2008
Running Prisons, Georgian-style
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