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2008-08-09 Southeast Asia

Convict shortage in Singapore, prison construction halted

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Posted by john frum 2008-08-09 12:51|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 You could outsource it to Detroit or New Orleans or East LA, ya know.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-08-09 14:42|| 2008-08-09 14:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Or transfer Gitmo detainees.

Posted by Danielle 2008-08-09 16:55|| 2008-08-09 16:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Prisoner Shortage and stiff penalties?

Who've have predicted that?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-08-09 17:25|| 2008-08-09 17:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Mandatory jail sentence for anyone renting property to an illegal resident. A position the government stuck to despite highly publicized cases of little old ladies going to jail.

Posted by phil_b 2008-08-09 18:00|| 2008-08-09 18:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Singapore is the only place I've ever been where I thought there was a possibility that the 2nd Amendment might not be an absolute requirement. Those guys don't put up with any nonsense there.

Justice in Singapore is swift, sure and very, very tough on offenders. NO ONE who goes to jail in Singapore EVER wants to see the inside of their prison system again. We should be just as tough. I'd like to see us caning lots of the bastards we have in jails now; it would do wonders for their post-prison attitudes. A fair number of summary executions for the worst offenders wouldn't hurt either.

Posted by Hupiling the Galactic Hero1106 2008-08-09 19:30|| 2008-08-09 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Ship them some of our convicts for a price. Might help out our economy and we don't have to pay for keeping them. Probably little recidivism too.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-08-09 19:47|| 2008-08-09 19:47|| Front Page Top

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