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WGEC pushes for separation of non-violent and violent criminals

Dec 22, 2015 News

During a recent Women and Gender Equality Commission press conference, Chairperson of the Committee, Indra Chandarpal, stated that in an attempt to assuage the level of violence in the prison system, social workers will soon be visiting the Camp Street prison.
“What we do,” said Chandarpal, “Is to go in and talk to the prisoners about the issues affecting them.” This, she hopes, actually lowers the level of anger felt by the inmates.
Chandarpal also made the suggestion that the police force in its battle against crime needs to look at the way in which it houses prisoners. “What they need to do is separate the prisoners in groups such as violent, non-violent and so on.”
Often, she said, hardened criminals are placed in the vicinity of non-violent criminals.
Comments were also made concerning the recent case in which the Director of Prisons, Welton Trotz, was charged with sexual assault of a female prison officer.
Member of the committee, Renata Chuck-A-Sang commended the decision for the Director of Prisons+ to be removed. It is a great step in the right direction, she said.
Currently, she said, the committee is pushing to “at the very least, have a policy on sexual harassment in the place of work.”
This, she hopes will see a decrease in the number of sexual infractions at the workplace or at the very least, push persons to report these cases.
Often, said Chuck-A-Sang, the Commission feels “impotent” to the public. The wider society does not possess the power to “literally go into things for ourselves. We can only bring these matters to the relevant authorities.”

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