The white senator announced that he will present a project to build prisons where inmates can train.
The senator for National Party, Sergio Botanainsisted on the constitutional reform that will allow night raids since it ensures that more tools must be given to the Uruguayan police; On the other hand, he announced that he will present a bill for the construction of “work prisons” where inmates will be able to study and work.
At the end of last year, Botana and Carlos Camy They obtained the necessary signatures to implement the plebiscite for the Constitutional reform that approves the development of night raids and that will be voted on in next year’s elections.
The senator’s proposal needed the will of two-fifths of the general Assembly to be promoted, that is, 52 signatures among deputies and senators. However, the project obtained a total of 71 signatureswhich is equivalent to 55% of the total Parliament.
More tools for the Police
Botana highlighted the importance of the approval of this constitutional reform and referred to the need to reduce homicides in the Uruguay.
“We cannot expect to reduce homicides if we do not give the Police tools to do so. The authorization to carry out night raids is essential,” the legislator said at a press conference.
New prisons
On the other hand, the senator assured that he will present a bill for the creation of “prisons “We have to recover people from prisons. Nobody recovers in our prisons today, with the overcrowding that exists, with the conditions that exist,” explained Botana.
“When a person enters a prison they have to choose whether to go to a work prison to rehabilitate and recover to work and study or if they want to go to a prison. jail common,” said the legislator, who described normal prisons as a place where “vagonetism is encouraged and ends up being a school for crime.”
Source: Ambito
