Tigers, piranhas to join crocodile guards at proposed Indonesian 'prison island' for drug traffickers
Posted 13 Nov 2015, 8:47pm
In an idea that seemed to come straight out of a James Bond film, Budi Waseso this week unveiled the prison island plan, explaining that crocodiles cannot be bribed by drug traffickers seeking to escape jail.
He embarked on a tour of the country to find "the most ferocious type of crocodile" to guard the jail, which is to be for drug convicts who have been sentenced to death.
The head of the national anti-drugs agency has faced widespread mockery over the plan.
But Mr Waseso appeared far from backing down on Friday, saying that he was considering the addition of man-eating piranhas and tigers as guards.
"It is also possible we may use piranhas, and because the number of personnel at the prison might not be enough, we can also use tigers," he was cited as saying in local reports.
Indonesia already has some of the toughest anti-narcotics laws in the world, including death by firing squad for traffickers.
This is serious, this is not a joke. Slamet Pribadi, anti-drugs agency spokesman.
The country sparked international uproar in April when it put to death seven foreign drug convicts, including Australian Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
But president Joko Widodo has insisted that drug dealers must face death as the country is fighting a "national emergency" due to rising narcotics use.
Despite the harsh laws, Indonesia's corrupt prison system is awash with drugs, and inmates and jail officials are regularly arrested for narcotics offences.
Anti-drugs agency spokesman Slamet Pribadi confirmed Mr Waseso was also weighing the possibility of tigers and piranhas as guards, and hit back at suggestions the prison island plan was a joke.
"This is serious, this is not a joke," Mr Pribadi said.
"Drug trafficking is an extraordinary crime and therefore the fight must also be extraordinary, we cannot fight the usual way."
The idea is still in the early stages, and the agency is in discussions with the justice ministry about it.
Neither a location nor a potential opening date has been decided.
AFP
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First thing I think about is whether the piranhas are invasive species or not. What I know is they are freshwater fishes but they are aggressive that they attack humans so aggressive is close to invasive. The parent piranhas may not survive the saltwater but there are estuaries where the freshwater and seawater meet so there is a chance they survive there and their offspring can wander into the ocean. What are the effects on the ecosystem when you introduce a new specie?
In the Amazon, the circle of life is the continuing battle between the piranha and the heron. When it is rainy season, the herons which is lost on the waters is the piranhas attack them. When the rivers dry out, the herons feed on the piranhas which are caught on dry land.
I think the sea is enough wall that the prisoners cannot escape. I am talking about Alcatraz and Château d'If. How often are prison breaks reported here?
My aunt actually is an excellent swimmer that when she was in a passenger ship traveling halfway between islands when there was trouble that the ship might sink. Story has it that she swam the length of it to the shore. Its because she was trusted to deliver a bagful of money, so she taped the money into her body and jumped to the sea. Swimmers need to practice swimming.
I would say the chances of prisoners doing a Houdini and then swimming coast to coast is a remote possibility. However they can be picked up by a boat which means they should have outside connection. Even then, its still a high risk.
Rather than killing people is that the government should make them productive that they can raise plants and livestock in the island and have a multi-cooperative system of profiting so they earn for themselves and their family. Being in prison does not mean they are of no use. And as I have said, the lifetime of suffering is the capital punishment.
First thing I think about is whether the piranhas are invasive species or not. What I know is they are freshwater fishes but they are aggressive that they attack humans so aggressive is close to invasive. The parent piranhas may not survive the saltwater but there are estuaries where the freshwater and seawater meet so there is a chance they survive there and their offspring can wander into the ocean. What are the effects on the ecosystem when you introduce a new specie?
In the Amazon, the circle of life is the continuing battle between the piranha and the heron. When it is rainy season, the herons which is lost on the waters is the piranhas attack them. When the rivers dry out, the herons feed on the piranhas which are caught on dry land.
I think the sea is enough wall that the prisoners cannot escape. I am talking about Alcatraz and Château d'If. How often are prison breaks reported here?
My aunt actually is an excellent swimmer that when she was in a passenger ship traveling halfway between islands when there was trouble that the ship might sink. Story has it that she swam the length of it to the shore. Its because she was trusted to deliver a bagful of money, so she taped the money into her body and jumped to the sea. Swimmers need to practice swimming.
I would say the chances of prisoners doing a Houdini and then swimming coast to coast is a remote possibility. However they can be picked up by a boat which means they should have outside connection. Even then, its still a high risk.
Rather than killing people is that the government should make them productive that they can raise plants and livestock in the island and have a multi-cooperative system of profiting so they earn for themselves and their family. Being in prison does not mean they are of no use. And as I have said, the lifetime of suffering is the capital punishment.
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