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Head of Indonesia's Anti-Drug Agency Proposes Using Crocodiles To Guard Prisons
HughPickens.com writes: BBC reports that Budi Waseso, the head of Indonesia's anti-drugs agency has proposed building a prison island guarded by crocodiles to house death-row drug convicts and says crocodiles make better guards than humans — because they cannot be bribed. "We will place as many crocodiles as we can there," says Waseso. "You can't bribe crocodiles. You can't convince them to let inmates escape." Waseso says only traffickers would be kept in the jail, to stop them from mixing with other prisoners and potentially recruiting them to drug gangs. The plan, reminiscent of James Bond's "Live and Let Die" movie escape, is still in the early stages, and neither the location or potential opening date of the jail have been decided. Anti-drugs agency spokesman Slamet Pribadi confirmed authorities were mulling the plan to build "a special prison for death row convicts" Indonesia already has some of the toughest anti-narcotics laws in the world, including death by firing squad for traffickers, and sparked international uproar in April when it put to death seven foreign drug convicts, including Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Despite the harsh laws, Indonesia's corrupt prison system is awash with drugs, and inmates and jail officials are regularly arrested for narcotics offences.
But it costs an arm and a leg.
And you have ready supply of it in form of other inmates.
... it's all a matter of procuring a few tons of meat. Just make sure that all of the crocodiles are fed before entering the crocodile-infested area.
This won't work. The crocs could actually be your way out. If you're really good, you won't even get your trousers wet :).
Oh no... it's the future.
And man eating sharks, and giant chickens and...
In Florida they would be more likely to use prisoners to guard crocodiles.
One thing's for sure. I'll never traffick drugs in Indonesia.
Useless. You'd have to build a good wall inside the mote to prevent them "accidentally" throwing each other into it. Then again, they were death row convicts, weren't they?
He's obviously never heard of "quis custodiet ipsos custodes". And who will guard the crocodiles? Should be fairly easy to bribe the guy who feeds them/cares for them so that he can help arrange your "escape". Crocs aren't all that aggressive when fed. And you have to feed them otherwise you'll end up with one fat croc.
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better still have some real guards, otherwise someone will get control of just over 1/2 the prison population, and get them to throw the other half into the moat, then when the crocodiles are distracted, they make their escape...
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I feel like these guys could probably get Uber to pick them up for $50
Is this stuff that matters to geeks? Us geeks, we generally are better off with a clear head. Or are we still reminiscing the alleged positive effects of LSD on UNIX? Don't think Ken and Dennis did drugs.
I hadn't the slightest objection to his spending his time planning massacres for the bourgeoisie... (P.G. Wodehouse)
I guess this throws out the idea that crocodiles can't be bribed.
Some people don't believe in fairies. I don't believe in The Patriarchy.
They really shouldn't have hired an ex-Bond villain for the position.
Oh well, at least they did give of coffee that is the most expensive in the world and comes from the fecal matter of a civet cat. I guess I should not be surprised by this idea.
Crocnado!!
Zombie Crocodiles!
Mega Croc vs Mecha Croc!
Mega Croc vs Godzilla!
Super Croc!
Attack of the Jurassic Croc!
Two Headed Croc Attack!
I for one welcome our new Crocodile Prison Guard overlords.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
I think your idea is a croc(k). same as the article.
But you might interest organized crime to finance a test, to help them "clean up" loose ends. Of course, eventually you too will be one of those loose ends, which judging from your proposals might be better for society in the long run :-)
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
In unrelated news, Indonesia prisons start generating revenue by selling handmade crocodile skin boots, belts and underwear...
blindly antisocialist = antisocial
If you're going to go all absurd at least be creative. Komodo dragons are much scarier than crocs.
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[pedant] The term you are looking for is "moot". [/pedant]
at least they won't have to worry about anyone attacking the guards with a peach.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
they may get a little hungry. Sounds worse than what it actually is.