Title: El Salvador
Author: N/A
Date Artical Was Written: August 28, 2012
Click Here to Read the Article
Summary: When President Funes came into power in 2009, he wanted to end violence; to do this he made a pact with incarcerated gang leaders in March of 2012: if they end street killings, then he will provide better prison conditions. Although it worked for quite some time, in August of 2012, street killings and various other criminal activites had risen.
Thoughts: As I was reading the article, I realized the pact was a bad idea. With the prisons holding three times the amount of criminals they were built for, criminals were still ot afraid to go to jail. They made the prison conditions more appealing, so why would criminals be afraid to go to jail now. Some might even welcome prison now that the conditions are improved. Prison is supposed to be a scary place, not a cushy place.
Political Tie In: The president is trying to improve his community by bringing down kidnappings and murders by making pacts with gang leaders. Now that this is not working he will have to come up with another way to improve hsi community.
Author: N/A
Date Artical Was Written: August 28, 2012
Click Here to Read the Article
Summary: When President Funes came into power in 2009, he wanted to end violence; to do this he made a pact with incarcerated gang leaders in March of 2012: if they end street killings, then he will provide better prison conditions. Although it worked for quite some time, in August of 2012, street killings and various other criminal activites had risen.
Thoughts: As I was reading the article, I realized the pact was a bad idea. With the prisons holding three times the amount of criminals they were built for, criminals were still ot afraid to go to jail. They made the prison conditions more appealing, so why would criminals be afraid to go to jail now. Some might even welcome prison now that the conditions are improved. Prison is supposed to be a scary place, not a cushy place.
Political Tie In: The president is trying to improve his community by bringing down kidnappings and murders by making pacts with gang leaders. Now that this is not working he will have to come up with another way to improve hsi community.