KODI tingachepetse bwanji kuchuluka kwa anthu mโndende za mโdziko lathu?
Mwezi watha, Meya a Bill de Blasio waku New York adavumbulutsa njira yochepetsera kuchuluka kwa ndende ya Rikers Island pochepetsa kuchuluka kwa milandu m'makhothi aboma. Pafupifupi 85 peresenti ya omwe ali ku Rikers sanaimbidwe mlandu uliwonse; akungoyembekezera kuzengedwa mlandu, nthawi zina kwa masiku mazana ambiri.
Dongosolo la Meya de Blasio ndi gawo labwino. Komabe imanyalanyaza funso lozama: Chifukwa chiyani anthu ambiri - makamaka osauka amitundu - ali m'ndende akudikirira kuzengedwa mlandu?
Nthawi zambiri, ndichifukwa choti sangakwanitse kupereka belo. Malinga ndi lipoti la 2011 la Independent Budget Office mumzindawu, 79 peresenti ya akaidi omangidwa asanazengedwe mlandu adatumizidwa ku Rikers chifukwa sakanatha kupereka belo nthawi yomweyo.
Ili ndi vuto ladziko lonse. Mโdziko lonse la United States, anthu ambiri amene ali mโndende za mโderali sanaimbidwe mlandu koma akudikira kuzengedwa mlandu. Ndipo ambiri a iwo akudikirira m'ndende osati chifukwa cha chiwopsezo chilichonse chomwe akuwoneka kuti ali nacho, koma chifukwa choti sangathe kulipira belo.
Mwa kuyankhula kwina, tikutsekera anthu kuti ndi osauka. Uku ndi kusalungama. Tiyenera kuthetseratu balo yandalama.
Ena anganene kuti belo ndiyofunikira kuti tipewe kuthawa mlandu usanazengedwe, koma palibe maziko abwino a lingaliro limenelo. Chifukwa chimodzi, anthu omwe amaganiziridwa kuti ali ndi chiopsezo chosavomerezeka chothawa (kapena chiwawa) samapatsidwa belo poyamba. (Ngakhale njira zodziwira yemwe ali pachiwopsezo ziyenera kuonedwa mokayikira, makamaka popeza malingaliro achiwopsezo nthawi zambiri amapangidwa, mobisa kapena mwanjira ina, ndi malingaliro atsankho.)
Palinso umboni woti kubelo sikofunikira kuwonetsetsa kuti anthu abwera kudzazengedwa mlandu. Ku Washington, D.C., mzinda womwe sugwiritsa ntchito belo yandalama, omangidwa ambiri omwe amamasulidwa asanazengedwe mlandu amabwerera kukhothi, ndipo milandu yowonjezereka mlandu usanazengedwe ndi wotsika.
Kuwonjezera pa kukhala wopanda chilungamo ndi wosafunikira, kutsekeredwa mโndende asanazengedwe mlandu kungakhale ndi zotsatirapo zovulaza. Sikuti okhawo amene ali mโndende asanazengedwe mlandu amavutika ndi zowawa za kutsekeredwa mโndende, koma poyerekezera ndi anzawo amene atulutsidwa pa balo, amakhalanso ndi mwayi wopezeka wolakwa pamlandu. Monga zalembedwa mu lipoti la 2010 Human Rights Watch, njira zamalamulo ndizovuta kwambiri kuyenda kuchokera kuseri kwa ndende. Anthu omwe ali mndende amakumana ndi chikakamizo chochulukirapo kuti avomere zodandaula - nthawi zambiri, zomwe sizowapindulira - kuposa omwe akukumana ndi milandu yawo kunyumba.
Anthu amene amakhala mโndende kwa masiku oลตerengeka angachotsedwe ntchito kapena nyumba panthaลตiyo. Makolo olera ana okha ana angataye udindo wolera ana awo. Mwa kukulitsa ziyambukiro za umphaลตi, ndi kuika anthu mโmikhalidwe yowawitsa kaลตirikaลตiri, kutsekeredwa mโndende asanazengedwe mlandu kungadzetse upandu wowonjezereka.
Belo imadzutsanso nkhani za kupanda chilungamo kwa mafuko. Kafukufuku wambiri wasonyeza kuti oimbidwa mlandu akuda amapatsidwa ndalama zambiri za belo kuposa anzawo oyera. Kusemphana kumeneku kukukulirakulira chifukwa anthu akuda amakhala muumphawi mopanda malire motero amakumana ndi zovuta zolipira belo.
Mitolo ina ya belo imagweranso kwambiri anthu amitundu. Mwachitsanzo, amayi akuda ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu chotaya ana awo ali m'ndende, chifukwa amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ntchito zoteteza ana.
Andende amatsekeranso anthu odwala m'ndende mopanda malire - chiwopsezo cha matenda amisala chimakwera kanayi mpaka kasanu m'ndende kuposa kunja - ndipo anthu omwe ali ndi vuto lamisala nthawi zambiri amakhala m'mavuto azachuma zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kupeza balo. A phunziro lotulutsidwa mu February ndi Vera Institute of Justice anapeza kuti gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a anthu omwe ali m'ndende omwe ali ndi matenda a maganizo analibe ntchito asanamangidwe.
Pomaliza, chiwongola dzanja chandalama chikusemphana ndi mfundo zamalamulo zongoganiza kuti munthu wosalakwa. Ngati tikufuna kupatsa anthu malingaliro awa, sitiyenera kuwalanga iwo asanakumane ndi mayesero.
Palibe chozungulira: Tikumanga anthu chifukwa chokhala osauka, pamtengo waukulu ku moyo weniweni wa anthu. Tiyenera kuyima.
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