Comments on: Delinquent Dads should go to work instead of jail

By: T K

T K — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:21:35 +0000

You are absolutely right. I have seen this more time than I can count!

By: Fer De Lance

Fer De Lance — Wed, 28 May 2014 12:18:04 +0000

All Governments are cunning, they manufacture debt and all kinds of crisis to keep you in fear so that they may exploit you. They have conditioned the masses into believing that the Governments hold and have all the solutions for a better life. It is like a crack dealer secretly getting the society hooked on drugs and then prescribing all sorts of nonsense to make you better. They are causing the problem and faking the solutions, so basically St. Lucia you are screwed by the big jelly belly man. BETTER DAYS.

By: galanjoseph

galanjoseph — Tue, 27 May 2014 15:10:23 +0000

I had suggested that way before 2004. It it were up to ploiticians they would not care. Does the current PM see it as a way to reduce expenditure? Not that i know of. I had advocated that they in fact be placed on a farm in the vicnity of Bordelais but allowed to go home on evenings. They would be productive to the agicultural sector isn’t that marvelous?

By: Woodsman

Woodsman — Mon, 26 May 2014 16:27:50 +0000

… cont’d from above

maintain their other children or to fund lavish lifestyles. If that is the case then these fathers should apply for custody or request from the mother exactly what is needed and acquire or pay for it themselves. These deadbeats forget that the mothers have to prepare meals, do laundry, keep school appointments, shop, provide and maintain a living space, etc, etc for the children. So while I don not condone wasting maintenance money on herself, these guys have no case moaning over every cent.

In my view these clowns are getting off lightly.

By: Woodsman

Woodsman — Mon, 26 May 2014 16:23:48 +0000

By the writer’s logic no employable convict should be jailed because following incarceration, their earning power and contribution to society are likewise severely curtailed. While there are genuine cases of fathers who are unable to afford child maintenance payments, many of them can and simply don’t. I have zero sympathy when this latter group – comparable to vermin in my view – are caged. Any individual who deliberately refuses to provide the necessary support to his offspring does not deserve to be roaming freely. The sick reasoning for their negligence is that they are denied sexual favours by the mothers. Some use another pathetic argument that the mothers use the funds to…

By: Trevlyn Bonaparte

Trevlyn Bonaparte — Mon, 26 May 2014 14:58:29 +0000

In reply to Frank.

Frank trust me a stint in prison and all of a sudden he have the money to pay- he will get it from his relatives, girlfriend wherever but child support becomes more regular.

By: say say

say say — Mon, 26 May 2014 13:40:16 +0000

Unless it is a rape situation, a man and a woman who decide to sleep with each other or in many situations, a man who decides to sleep with multiple women know before hand that there is a strong possibility their action could produce another human being; they also should know of their ability to support a child. It is 2014 why don’t people be responsible by using condoms or other methods of birth control to avoid a pregnancy that they are ill prepared for. The answer is, If you cannot support a child or children, do not bring them into the world to face starvation and a bleak future.

By: Fer De Lance

Fer De Lance — Mon, 26 May 2014 12:49:48 +0000

Birth control needs to become the religion of St. Lucia. When you send dead broke fathers to jail you are sending them to the university of criminality, you are exposing normal human beings to deviants of the society, and the people you hang around have a profound influence on you. Jail is a fear factor system, it does nothing in educating or growing a better human being, it simply is a drastic reaction of the society, an almost classification into becoming a sub human entity, who can now be abused by police, by economics of non suitability to all jobs and a human who feels worthless and desperate. Jail is a criminal maker.

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 25 May 2014 20:50:08 +0000

see what merit!!! It’s about time these father was send to jail. most of the mothers do not have jobs jobs, yet they manage somehow. these men say they don’t have a job; then why are they continue going out there having girlfriends after girlfriends and having unprotected sex. if the mother can stay without to make sure their children are feed, so should the fathers. most of these men a selfish; and believe if they are not enjoying the women any more \, that they shouldn’t have to give her a penny. most of these men want sex from the women in order to support their children ( no sex, no money). I had a family member who would support his girlfriends children and would not gives…

By: Trevlyn Bonaparte

Trevlyn Bonaparte — Sun, 25 May 2014 15:07:32 +0000

Mr James, I recognise that the Bordelais facility currently has the issue of overcrowding. However, where I totally disagree with is your opinion of men who do not feed their children. In my opinion a man who does not feed his children is no different from a rapist , thief or murderer. Bordelais is plagued with too many young men who grew up without their fathers in their lives- carry out a survey at Bordelais among the prisoners Mr. james, you would realise that the majority of them came from fatherless home and their fathers played no role in their upbringing. St. Lucia is plagued with this issue. So many men refuse to maintain their kids as soon as the sexual relationship with their…

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 25 May 2014 04:43:09 +0000

I do agree with the writer and will add to that; when this man returns home from jail, he will have more difficulties finding a job, now that he’s been in jail and the child will also have to live with this embarrassment all it’s life. it’s a lost, lost situation and there must be a better way.