Carlos Gutiérrez, legislator of the Movimiento Libertario, is pushing for a change that will force prisoners in Costa Rica to earn their living.
The legislator presented the bill to force prisoners to work while being incarcerated. The earned money will go to help financially their families on the outside, and also to compensate their victims and defray the cost to the state to keep them locked up.
The bill proposes that a judge can impose a prisoner to work while incarcerated, based on the criteria of the Adaptación Social (prison system). Read more »
Lawmakers for the Movimiento Libertario said Monday that they are introducing legislation to provide penalties for the “minor” infractions.
The political party cited the 10-year-old penal code in a release and said that it categorized crimes in which the amount taken is no greater than 250,000 colones (now $431) as minor infractions. The original law came into being as a way to reduce the crowding of the courts, Movimiento Libertario said. However, the number of such crimes has risen dramatically and some crooks avoid stealing larger items so they can stay within the protection of the minor infraction rule, the political party said. Read more »
As if 3 recent floods, washed roads, high winds, and measly tourist numbers weren’t enough to slow down the Caribbean tourism. It was just announced that 2 police stations would be soon closed in Cahuita and Puerto Viejo, 2 most developed tourist centers. Those 2 towns need those police stations most. This is where the crime against tourists happens on a regular basis (simply because there are more tourists than in any other Caribbean location). Read more »
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November 3, 2009 2:43 pm
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