Iraq 'incapable of running jails'

[FreedomAngel82]

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4565190.stm

Snip: <Iraq 'incapable of running jails'

A senior Iraqi official has said the government is incapable of managing prisons, hours after an attempted jail break left at least nine people dead.

Deputy Justice Minister for Prisons Bhushu Ibrahim Ali said the authorities lacked the technical and financial capacities needed to supervise prisons.

The failed Baghdad escape bid was the result of negligence, he told the BBC.

He accused the government of asking the US to hand over control of Iraqi jails for domestic political purposes. >

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[FloridaPat]

1. But they're going to handle a whole country? The army too? And the

air force once they get one? People with high school education here in the states get jobs as prison guards. Trillions of dollars and these people can't figure out how to handle a jail?