By Akino Min In this 2008 low-risk prison inmate engage in clear-up activities at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Center in St Catherine. The Government is considering the use of convicts in national clean-up efforts.– The Government is considering using convicts to clean-up the nation’s streets and gullies that have littered with garbage. In fact, the state is now considering purchasing special clothing for prisoners to wear they engage in clean-up activities. “Any person in the systems that have a non-custodial sentence or a custodial sentence, that is low risk, could be used in this category to clean the litters in gullies,” Pearnel Charles Jr., the junior national security ministry said. The minister, in an interview with THE STAR, said cleaning streets and gullies could serve as a deterrence towards crime while at the same … Read entire article »