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Some possible solutions to major crimes

Oct 02, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
I have been following your column for sometime now, and for a long time everyone, which includes the government and the police commissioner, are at a loss in taking appropriate action to stem the increase of major crimes in Guyana.
The solution to the problem is simple, and many countries have incorporated changes in their Criminal Justice System to meet the challenges. First, there must be a change in the court system, and how Judges and Magistrates pass out sentences. Mr. Editor, I read almost daily, where petty criminals are jailed for years, for petty crimes, thus overloading the prison system, and what is worse, many of these offenders are first time violators.
Here are some simple solutions used in other countries. First, people arrested for petty crimes pay a fine and are placed on probation. Probation is increased depending on the type of petty crime. The violator is made to understand that probation is in lieu of going to prison, and he or she must report to a probation officer from time to time until termination.
The penalty for major crimes are adjusted and increased with Parliamentary approval. Penalty involving the use of weapons, especially firearms, are drastically increased. Crimes against person where a weapon is used is drastically increased, Rape with and without a  weapon, including injuries to the victim is drastically increased. All of these crimes come with the addition of hard labor.
Mr. Editor, by sending a message to criminals to think carefully about the repercussions of their planned actions, and by the enforcement of the law where these criminals are seeing
their friends going to prison on hard labor for a long, long time, will get them to think twice.
By freeing up the space at Camp Street and other prisons of petty criminals, the Government can then concentrate on the incarcerations of hard core criminals. If the systems continues to operate the same old fashioned way, you can write all you want, until the cows come home, and I will continue to read about the runaway crime rate in Guyana.
Jagmohan.

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