By Josua Tuwere
SUVA, Fiji Islands (April 28, 2000 – Fiji Times/Pasifik Nius/Niuswire)---Suva prison is unfit for human habitation, Fiji Islands cabinet ministers said yesterday, the Fiji Times reports.
"Shocking. Simply shocking. This place is not fit for human habitation," said Assistant Minister for Fijian Affairs Isireli Vuibau.
He was part of a cabinet subcommittee yesterday.
The parliamentarians, led by Attorney-General Anand Singh, visited the prison to assess plans to tear down the main cellblock built in 1912.
"The committee has also been appointed to look into the state of prison facilities," Singh said.
"We have prisons in Labasa, Lautoka, Ba and Lakeba and we should develop these as part of decentralizing the prison population.
"We are also looking at getting money to improve prison facilities by the middle of next year."
Some inmates whistled and called to the female members of the group and waved to the...