________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Aawaz - The Voice - The true democratic oppositionThe Voice is an ever increasing present news source in Medina and outside, representing the interests of pro-democratic forces against reactionary isolationist government________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Prison system in frightful conditionsMadinat es-Salaam - August 5338
Poor prison conditionsPenal reform has been slacking in Medina, a nation where honor killings are still legal, a nation where death penalty is administered for offences such as homosexuality or even apostasy, in such nation, the prisons are nothing more than slave camps, with little chance of prisoners of getting out of prison, and even if they get, they most certainly went through large amounts of abuse. One of such abuse is the labor they put through, endless hours of exhaustive work without payment, or even proper conditions to dwell normally. The food rations often are lackluster, with dubious ingredients or sometimes not offered.
The prison cells were reported over-crowded, dangerously unhygienic, with human feces surrounding the corner of the walls, insects observed all around, while the bunk beds are often too few to accomodate everyone. The sinks and sewage system are often breaking down, putting the facilities on stress, These details were revealed after several inspections by our journalists, some filming, some doing photos or writing down. Nevertheless, some of them got arrested on charges of sedition or disturbance of law, a legislation in place to prevent any investigation into the police's enforcement of justice, an act supposedly "safeguarding the duty of law enforcement to ensure safety for all".
On another note, we found many detained prisoners to be imprisoned for minor offenses, such as being political opponents, shoplifting, or even for making jokes about Ahmadi religious principles. Some are renown religious leaders of various other confessions, as well it is often observed that prisoners get beaten for no reason or for most minor or non-sensical offenses, The guardians often disregard prison infights as long as they are not riots or have an important prisoner breach. Many do not even have formal training to be officers or watchmen.
Lack of janitors, proper cookers, or even literacy/social programs to help the detained, any kind of green space or sport area makes it hard for most of detained people. Coupled with a tropical hot environment and long working hours, and the sentences, even if short, look exhaustive. Many contract HIV from unsafe or unwanted sexual intercourse, as well other serious diseases due to lack of proper sanitation. Police brutality is not uncommon, though corrupt officials have left a true black market to form, around guns, opium, drugs and prostitution.
In prisons cigarette cotraband, luxury items, while outside, beyond borders, clans and oligarchic structures eat on state funds and strike deals with smugglers and drug cartels to allow illegal plantations to flourish, alongside export of these "goods" abroad for masses to enjoy. The problem has gotten so worse, spy networks could have an easy time penetrating the border barriers.
To take immediate action against this, we published a paper showing clear statistics that recidivism rates are through the roof, and despite best governmental efforts to suppress crime, petty crime, murder, kidnappings, honor murders and even sexual assault continue to exist as a problem. Tourism is killed, people fear for their lives and proliferation of illegal weapons allow bad actors to gain grip over the nation.
Our sources are on the hunt for more clues and shocking truths, as we dwelve further into the spurrious situation. Our newspaper will encourage several secret meetings between differing civil society members to reach consensus on a sensible penal reform, calling for the public, secular or religious to know that forgiveness, education and welfare of people is truly important, even for those who do wrong. Lui Bei, an immigrant has also told his story of how hard is to be as a foreign immigrant, laboring in unsafe expansive state mines for moghuls who only look after their pockets.
Medinian National Penitentiary, a feared prison, one of most brutal and max security prisons________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________