Prison ‘exchange’ just like DR ‘kick out’

Dear Editor,

This British gift is a slap in the face of Jamaican pride and self-imagery. Britain is, in fact, saying, "This is all unnu good fah! Hold a big prison and jus' kool."

The jails in Jamaica were built in the 'bad ole colonial days' and yes, they need upgrading. But didn't the Government announce, some weeks ago, the building of a new prison? I'm sure it did. So was this a done deal from then?

It smacks of the worst piece of blatant "licky-licky" that I have ever seen from this Administration.

What does the UK see us as? A Devil's Island-type prison camp?

What Britain is doing to Jamaica and Jamaicans is exactly the same as the Dominican Republic plans to do with "Haitians" born there. It's the same sending people "home" to somewhere that is totally alien to them! There was much hue and cry about the Dominican Republic's actions, and yet, strangely, the world press is silent about this real Jamaican crisis.

What about a more positive bit of aid for Jamaica?

I only hope that, to add insult to injury, this prison money is not redirected and used to fund an election victory.

Anthony Goffe

Mandeville PO

tony@peeniwalli.com