Jamaicans in hiding say specialised cells for 'high-value' criminals not enough

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RESIDENTS of Red Hills Road, St Andrew, who fled their communities because of threats issued by thugs acting on the orders of an incarcerated man, say the pronouncement by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang that such prisoners will be moved to cells where they will be cut off from all communication has not made them feel safer.

Jamaicans in hiding say specialised cells for 'high-value' criminals not enough


The type of criminals that we have in Jamaica requires dealing with them in a severe way. Having special cells for high level criminals who give out orders for hits is not enough. What is needed is for these persons to face life in prison, where this type of prisoner will never leave the prison no matter what, and they need to be put in solitary confinement preventing them completely from interacting with relatives, friends, security guards, and other inmates.

Putting high level criminals all in one place like what is being suggested is risky, because of the friendships, cliques that can take place between these high level criminals, who may continue ordering hits from inside the prison, and who one day may get out of prison. It is also well known that prison guards helps to smuggle phones and other contrabands in prison to the inmates so you don't want any form of interaction between these types of prisoners and anybody including prison guards, correctional officers.