The Offender Care Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police has given its permission for inmates to help clear overgrown lots located in Paramaribo North of weeds. Deputy Director Paulus Pinas told Times of Suriname that District Commissioner Jerry Miranda recently requested that the ministry to allow inmates to participate in the project. The inmates started working on Monday. Reports indicate that they work from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. under the watchful eye of prison guards. Miranda had also made the same request when he was the district commissioner of Para…[+]