The deputy of the National Action Party in Mexico City, América Rangel, presented a proposal for detained persons to work for remuneration in the maintenance of prisons. She also suggested establishing agreements with the private sector to create work centers in prisons.
"Once they are released, they could join the labor market instead of returning to criminal life," mentioned Deputy Rangel. For his part, the coordinator of the parliamentary group, Andrés Atayde, announced that they will seek to implement a "hardline" agenda against crime and delinquency.
The PAN parliamentary group aims to strengthen its parliamentary strategy regarding security, addressing one of the main concerns of the capital's citizens. In this sense, América Rangel proposed to require detainees to work to pay for their own upkeep in prisons, arguing that idleness in these centers must be put to an end.
Currently, there are about 25,000 incarcerated persons in Mexico City, generating an individual cost of 17,000 pesos monthly for the state coffers. Rangel expressed: "It is not fair that society has to maintain with its taxes those who have caused harm, and that must end."
