Predators go prison guard

jakarta - Who suffers from staff shortages must be inventive. Thus originated in Indonesia plan to have an island prison with death row prisoners 'guard' by predators : crocodiles, tigers and piranhas.

So we solve the shortage of guards and we do right by nature, says Budi Waseso, head of the Indonesian Drug Enforcement Administration BNN. He does not think the use of wild animals harms the human rights of prisoners. " These are mass murderers. Let us look at the human rights of their victims. "

Indonesia has a tough anti- drugs policy. According to President Joko Widodo die in his country average of forty people a day through drug use. Dealers and traffickers are usually given the death penalty.