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The great Mayaguana land giveaway!
The great Mayaguana land giveaway!
This column was originally published on July 6, 2010. The contribution to the 2010/11 budget debate by the Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate was one of the more egregious examples of neo-colonial claptrap by a Bahamian political figure in the nearly four decades after independence.
Bell raises alarm on state of prison
Bell raises alarm on state of prison
The population of Her Majesty's Prisons has swelled well beyond 1,500 and the overcrowding problem is actually worsening crime, as the institution breeds and eventually "unleashes animals" back into society, according to Minister of State for National Security Keith Bell.
Bell said problems with overcrowding add to the "significant challenges" at the prison.
"Maximum security is built to hold 22...