Let us build our own prison
Published:Thursday | June 11, 2020 | 12:15 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam:
I do believe Jamaica needs another prison due to the overcrowding of the current prisons. I respected and supported the stance of the Jamaica Labour Party and its leader Andrew Holness back in 2015. But I am now shocked that they’re now backtracking on their earlier position without even giving reasons why they’ve changed their minds. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Dave Cameron was a rude and arrogant leader for coming to our Parliament and telling us to forget about their role in slavery and move on, and had the audacity to offer us a prison with a lot of strings attached.
I am very disappointed in Holness’ about-turn on this issue. I don’t have amnesia so no great communication strategy can let me forget my stance as a Labourite on that prison deal offer. I love politicians with pride and not ones who will sell out this country to the United Kingdom, United States and China. Let us build our own prison, we don’t need anything from the UK because it isn’t free; they have a lot strings attached that may benefit them more than us. Jamaican nationals doing their sentences in the United Kingdom should continue their sentences in that country and not here. If the prime minister can negotiate those strings attached in the deal, I am open to change my mind, but as of now, I still maintain the same stance I had in 2015.
TEDDYLEE GRAY