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Today's West includes some background detail on the recent killing -- in Barwon Prison -- of Carl Williams. Under the headline, Alleged killer is enforcer for jail terror gang is the claim that Williams' "alleged" killer, "Inmate X"(see comments below) is a prisoner who controls other prisoners by brutally bashing dissenters.
Jails are, apparently, controlled by the most violent of the prisoners.
Why are violent prisoners allowed to bash other prisoners? Once they are identified as vicious bashers, why are they allowed to continue? Once a prisoner has gained a violent reputation -- and before he (or she) has gained control -- can we move them to another prison?
There is a limited number of prisons which are suited to violent prisoners. A limited number -- in Australia... But what about overseas?
Australia is able to bring Australian criminals from overseas jails, back to an Australian jail. Perhaps we can do an exchange? You know: "We'll take minor drug dealer X, in exchange for our violent thug Y. Plus a handful of money to sweeten the deal." There are obvious benefits:
- The thugs are removed from their comfort zones. At the very least, they will need to re-start their reign of terror from the ground up.
- The language barrier may dilute their immediate influence.
- Perhaps these thugs are over-stimulated by sugar or caffeine? A change of diet may help. Some Asian prisons have a reputation for simple food with extreme weight-loss potential.
- Reports indicate that some Arab prisons have an exemplary record for their control of violent prisoners. Well, anyway, the warders are said to be more vicious than the prisoners.
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2 comments:
Whil this is a blog, it's deemed to be social media.
I will not comment whether the person names here is the correct person whose name is being masked, that being said becareful "naming" names as you may just skew a court case.
Thanks for your comment.
My source for most posts is our state paper, The West Australian. They named "Inmate X" so I name Inmate X. But The West is a state-based paper and this case is from another state. A blog, however, is effectively published in all states of Australia (and elsewhere!).
Perhaps use of Inmate X's name should be suppressed -- for other states, at least.
Thank you for the comment... I will get some legal advice. Meanwhile, I have replaced the name with "Inmate X".
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