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[XiaNaphryz]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e-crocodiles-to-guard-death-row-drug-convicts

Indonesia’s anti-drugs agency has proposed building a prison on an island guarded by crocodiles to hold death row drug convicts, an official has said, an idea seemingly taken from a James Bond film.

The proposal is the pet project of anti-drugs chief Budi Waseso, who plans to visit various parts of the archipelago in his search for reptiles to guard the jail. “We will place as many crocodiles as we can there. I will search for the most ferocious type of crocodile,” he was quoted as saying by local news website Tempo.

Waseso said that crocodiles would be better at preventing drug traffickers from escaping prison as they could not be bribed – unlike human guards. “You can’t bribe crocodiles. You can’t convince them to let inmates escape,” he said. But he is banking on the convicts lacking the crocodile-running skills shown by Roger Moore’s 007 in the Bond movie Live and Let Die when he escapes from an island using the reptiles as stepping stones.

The plan is still in the early stages, and neither the location or potential opening date of the jail have been decided. 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. But president Joko Widodo has insisted that drug dealers must face death as the country is fighting a “national emergency” due to rising narcotics use.

Despite the harsh laws, Indonesia’s corrupt prison system is awash with drugs, and inmates and jail officials are regularly arrested for narcotics offences.

Anti-drugs agency spokesman Slamet Pribadi confirmed authorities were mulling the plan to build “a special prison for death row convicts”. He said only traffickers would be kept in the jail, to stop them from mixing with other prisoners and potentially recruiting them to drug gangs.

The agency is currently in discussions with the justice ministry about the plan, he added.

 

[Dennis]

“We will place as many crocodiles as we can there. I will search for the most ferocious type of crocodile,”

Well, if you are going to go with crocodiles you want quantity and ferocity I guess.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

God damn this is amazing. How woukd they keep the crocs there? What would they eat?

Won't be getting out of there in a snap.

 

[DECK'ARD]

You can’t bribe crocodiles.

Well, I'm sold.

 

[TheRealTalker]

but what if the drug cartels take over the prison and turn it into a evil base
some anti air weaponry and you have a good solid HQ

 

[Misha]

God damn this is amazing. How woukd they keep the crocs there? What would they eat?

Won't be getting out of there in a snap.

That's the trick. If you don't feed them then they're always hungry

 

[Lunar15]

An island? He's not thinking deep enough.

 

[Do Better]

Wouldn't it be more effective to not tell them it's guarded by crocs and let them make the discovery on their own?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Raid 3 finna be lit

 

[Fusebox]

What if the prisoners befriend the crocodiles and together they form a dangerous rebel faction?!

 

[Dennis]

It is all fun and games until Killer Croc takes over your prison.

 

[JDSN]

Is the warden gonna have poison-related powers?

 

[perfectchaos007]

Will they have laser beams on their heads?

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Wouldn't it be more effective to not tell them it's guarded by crocs and let them make the discovery on their own?

Maybe the crocs are actually the public cover for the really nasty things they're secretly putting in place.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Maybe the crocs are actually the public cover for the really nasty things they're secretly putting in place.

 

[massoluk]

You can’t bribe crocodiles.

Man has a point.

 

[The Janitor]

Will they have laser beams on their heads?

We tried to get some, but all we have is mutated bullfrogs.

 

[bengraven]

Worked with Louisiana State Pen and it's basically on an island, surrounded by miles of swamp. One of our techs said security is actually kind of light in certain places. People have tried to leave but end up coming back most of the time.

Apparently the gators and snakes aren't to be fucked with and the fear of them is enough to keep them from bolting.

 

[Rich!]

Did they not watch live and let die?!?

 

[Aarglefarg]

It was a joke apparently.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/indones...ut-crocs-senior-minister-20151112-gkx5mu.html

 

[XiaNaphryz]

It was a joke apparently.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/indones...ut-crocs-senior-minister-20151112-gkx5mu.html

Suuuuuure it was.

 

[AngryMoth]

Raid 3 finna be lit

I wanna see Rama fight a pack of ferocious crocs

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

As long as he adds electric eels and sharks too.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Kananga should sue

 

[collige]

This would be a lot more amusing if they weren't executing people over drug trafficking to begin with.

 

[Violet_0]

escapee uses boat
it's very effective
crocodiles are confused