The Daily Sheeple
6/3/2012All indications suggest, that basic services in Greece have begun to break down, with reports from several Greek prisons and military installations indicating, that prisoners are malnourished and starving. Food shortages caused by austerity-related spending cuts and truck stoppages are also reportedly reducing daily rations for soldiers stationed in the area of Corinth, Greece.
We may very well be seeing the cracks in a society on the verge of complete meltdown.
At a time, when the entire country is being tested by the economic crisis, some people are quite literally on the verge of destitution and hunger. At a time, when the empty state coffers cannot support any concept of a welfare state, with “frozen” financing towards education and health, the prison system could not be an exception.
The financing for many prisons has decreased to a minimum for some months now, resulting in hundreds of detainees being malnourished and surviving on the charity of local communities.
The latest example is the prison in Corinth, where after the supply stoppage from the nearby military camp the prisoners are at the mercy of God, because, as reported by prison staff, not even one grain of rice has been left in their warehouses. When a few days earlier the commander of the camp announced to the prison management the transportation stoppage, citing lack of food supplies even for the soldiers, he shut down the last source of supply for 84 prisoners. The response of some Corinth citizens was immediate, as they took it upon themselves to support the prisoners, since all protests to the Justice Ministry were fruitless.
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The prisons in Patra and Alikarnassos have also been experiencing food supply problems lately, as the prisoners, who cannot afford to buy food from the prison canteen, are left without food.
Source: Proto Thema News (GR)3 Responses/Comments
prepared soccer mom says: (8:49 am)
Not surprising at all.Evie says: (8:51 am)
This is austerity. The elite think, it is ok for some to starve as long, as someone is risen into middle class in an undeveloped nation. Eventually where will the money come from for the underdeveloped nations, as it all comes from gov.? The citizens feed their own prisoners? The medias portray them as thugs.Ed_B says: (7:44 pm)
Sorry, Evie, but this is not austerity. It is collapse in its many and ugly forms. News stories have been reported, where some Greek people are abandoning their children, because they cannot feed them. Most of these are to orphanages, thank God, instead of by the side of the road, but it is a national disgrace of epic proportions. A state, that cannot even establish the basic conditions of life, is an utterly failed state IMHO. All of this is due to over-spending and borrowing. People cannot do it, communities cannot do it and states cannot do it. To do so is to court disaster and that is, what we are seeing in Greece today… unmitigated disaster. In spite of this has anyone heard of any food relief aid for Greece? I haven’t and am wondering, why the international charities are not on the ball with this.