SOURCE – REAL NEWS ANTIGUA: D.Gisele Isaac, chairman of the United Progressive Party (UPP), is rubbishing claims by the Cabinet that “crime is also at a new low.”
This week’s Notes indicate that more than 205 men and 10 women are currently incarcerated at His Majesty’s Prison (HMP), including persons on remand and awaiting a trial date.
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The Notes credit the decline in the prison population – from over 300 inmates – to the decriminalization of cannabis possession in limited quantities.
Additionally, the Cabinet is claiming that “employment, especially in the construction sector, has attracted many young males” away from unlawful activity.
However, citing the daily news reports that suggest otherwise – and with armed robberies taking place almost daily – Isaac says the Executive seems to be out of touch with what is actually happening Antigua and Barbuda.
Isaac says that citizens and residents are gripped by fear over the crime situation, especially since it appears the Police are doing nothing to curb it.
With the Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) conference coming up, and the police’s attention being focused on the visiting delegates, Isaac asks whether the locals will find themselves at the mercy ofthe criminals.
Further, she notes that the Police are not being equipped with the tools necessary to fight crime and therefore have not implemented any new crime-fighting measures.
It appears that things will change only when the rich have a personal experience of crime, the UPP chairman says.
And she warns that, these days, everyone is at risk for attacks by the criminal element, which does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, or political colours.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet has “decided that the number of officers at His Majesty’s Prison will be increased, in order to provide better security and to ensure that the ratio of prisoners to security officers meets a desirable, higher standard.”
The Notes claim that 20 young officers will be trained to fill the vacancies created by retirement and resignations and according to need.
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