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By Sunita SamarooAs Magistrates continue to hand down their decisions, their verdicts, scores of non-violent offenders find themselves subjected to months of mandated community service after they would have been convicted.Community Service, simply put, is unpaid work, intended to be of social use, that someone who violates the law is sometimes required to do instead of going to prison. Many consider it a constructive penalty. The Magistrate orders the offender to take on the burden of social responsibility towards others.Offender performing his Community Service at the PalmsSocial Activist, Raymond Gaskin, is convinced that mandated community service has the potential to serve as an effective punishment and direct alternative to incarceration.The effects of the system failing, the activist said, are evident when you look at the displacement of the administration of justice. He believes that there are too many people held for years as remanded prisoners on account of petty crimes. The justice system needs a revamp, he added.“When you look at the prisons there are scores of non violent offenders and it is the “masterminds” who roam the streets. There is a dire need to review the sentencing system in Guyana because there are major inconsistencies” said Gaskin.The social activist believes that community service for small offences could be a useful alternative to incarceration if properly studied, adequately supervised and if it is utilized as a consistent policy for petty crimes in all courts, in every region of Guyana.The Narcotics Act of Guyana particularly specifies that should a person be found in possession of one gram or less of a narcotic, one penalty option would be community service and some Magistrates do impose this form of punishment but Gaskin believes that this could be extended to include petty theft.“It is also a waste of time to send a person who stole something small, like from a market stand or so to prison,Cheap Nike Shoes Online,” since according to him? it wastes time and taxpayers money to hold people for small offences when they could be benefitting the community rather than draining the country’s coffers.Gaskin focused on the possibilities of prison riots since the prisons are now overcrowded. He questioned the ability of the prison security to control the prisoners in case of a riot since they are currently “undermanned.”“We need to look at the situation; we have to deal with these people,” but he further added that in the event a person is sentenced to community service,Cheap Jerseys From China Outlet, he should be supervised.“There needs to be proper law enforcement and supervision and that would definitely cost the state less than prison.”“The criminal justice system has failed us. The Chancellor and judges should look into the problem of inconsistency and the sentencing policy.”A few years ago, in Parliament, a Bill to systemize Community Service as a direct alternative for non violent offenders was debated.Member of Parliament Deborah Barker during the debate had opined that since the Guyana Police Force is already overtaxed, the Social Services Ministry should be made to oversee such a programme.The late Member of Parliament (MP) Everall Franklin explained that some persons who were convicted of minor offences were fined, but if unable to pay they were consequently imprisoned yet after spending time in prison,Discount Football Jerseys, these non-violent criminals often emerge as hardened criminals.In our courts today, it is quite common for non-custodial orders to be imposed on persons which would leave offenders serving at genetic homes, police stations, court rooms or any state institution that the presiding Magistrate may deem fit.Therein,Cheap MLB Gear, community correction sanctioning provides a system under which an increase of community service is seen and it is also one under which an offender is punished and held accountable.Countries like the United States of America,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Saint Lucia, Dominica and Trinidad are administering such sanctioning. It is considered effective in those countries because they expend on regulating a system.? They invested in both legislating and systemizing community service to the point where regulations, checks, and follow ups lead to the desired result of such a punishment.Guyana, however, is left to realise the potential and benefit that can derive from fully systemising community service. In Guyana, offenders are constantly sanctioned to community service even though we have not established an office/bureau which keeps track of the offenders’ performance/contribution.The Magistrate’s orders require offenders to do unpaid work for the benefit of the community for a specif