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I have just published the discussion between inmates at Jamaica’s General Penitentiary in Kingston, on the BBC Your Story website.
The inmates were gathered together to talk about crime, to talk about Jamaica’s murder stats and the crime problem – why it’s so bad and what can be done about it.
It was recorded in collaboration with the SET Foundation - an organisation which rehabilitates prisoners by giving them life skills like media and IT training. They operate a radio station inside prison walls which streams live on the internet, called Free fm aka set fm.
The controversial reggae star Jah Cure was involved with the group before he got released.
The prisoners involved in this discussion for Your Story, gave their opinion on the decision to lift the moratorium on the death penalty.
In response to their comments, the BBC’s World Today programme will be interviewing State Minister for National Security, Senator Arthur Williams. It’s being recorded at 9pm GMT tonight and will be broadcast overnight and in the morning. There will be a discussion about whether lifting the death penalty moratorium is the right decision.
The prisoners (not surprisingly) disagree with the idea and one of them even says that the murder rate could increase as criminals will try to kill off potential witnesses. Do the prisoners have a point? Should we even be listening to what they have to say on the subject?
at 4pm GMT we are recording a discussion with four inmates at the general penitentiary in Kingston Jamaica on the issue of crime. With the murder rate set to be the biggest toll to date at around 1500 murders, Jamaica has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
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