Both Jamaicans for Justice and human rights activists, Yvonne McCalla Sobers, are appealing to the government to install security cameras in all police lock-up facilities across the island.
This, following the beating death of Mario Deane.
Board member of JFJ, Rodje Malcolm, says the installation of cameras would provide documentary evidence of what occurs inside police lock-ups.
Mr. Malcolm says cameras would also improve accountability.
Rodje Malcolm, Board Member of JFJ, speaking with Nationwide News.
Meanwhile, Mrs. McCalla Sobers says persons who are locked up are ultimately the responsibility of the state.
Yvonne McCalla Sobers, human rights activist, speaking with Nationwide News.
Mario Deane, of Rosemount, St. Jame, was unconscious for three days at the Cornwall Regional Hospital after suffering serious head injuries while locked up at the Barnett Street Police station.
It’s reported that he received the injuries just hours after he was arrested for a ganja spliff on Sunday morning.
