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The Seychelles are an archipelago consisting of 115 islands, most of which are uninhabited. 98% of the population (of less than 100,000) live on the so-called inland islands, i.e. a group of 42 islands comprising about half of the land area of the country. | The Seychelles are an archipelago consisting of 115 islands, most of which are uninhabited. 98% of the population (of less than 100,000) live on the so-called inland islands, i.e. a group of 42 islands comprising about half of the land area of the country. | ||
Demographically, the Seychelles are an inhomogeneous ex-slaveholder society with extreme income disparity and the highest imprisonment rate in the world. The decisive factor for this unusual prison rate is not the presence of Somali pirates in Seychelles prisons, but the unresolved drug policy question. Most prisoners are there on drug related convictions. | Demographically, the Seychelles are an inhomogeneous ex-slaveholder society with extreme income disparity and the highest imprisonment rate in the world. The decisive factor for this unusual prison rate is not the presence of Somali pirates in Seychelles prisons, but the unresolved drug policy question. Most prisoners are there on drug related convictions. | ||
:2017 - The Seychelles has at least 1,000 heroin users, and 2.3% of the 90,000 population are intravenous drug users according to the UN; among the worst rates in the world. The addicts have only appeared in recent years, says Shah. One reason could be the fact that the archipelago lies on the trafficking routes . | |||
:2016 - American sisters found dead in $1,800-a-night Seychelles villa had fluid on their lungs often linked to drug overdoses, authorities say - as locals tell of 'cocaine ... The sisters pictured in a September 19 photo while on vacation in Seychelles. .... ' It is a big problem here and lots of tourists taken the drug. | |||
:2015 On a visit to the Takamaka Rum distillery and the Morne Blanc tea factory, locals tell us they relish their life on an idyllic island but lament the new social problems caused by the rise in drug and alcohol abuse. According to the UN, this tiny island has some of the worst heroin addiction statistics in the world. | |||
: Since 2014, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles Seychelles] have the world's highest rate of imprisonment with (in 2014) 799 per 100,000 inhabitants. With only around 90,000 inhabitants, the islands counted 735 prisoners in 3 prisons, 8% of whom were women. | |||
(When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans, and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran blan ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life. The British administration employed Indians on indentured servitude to the same degree as in Mauritius resulting in a small Indian population. The Indians, like a similar minority of Chinese, were confined to a merchant class.) | (When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans, and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran blan ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life. The British administration employed Indians on indentured servitude to the same degree as in Mauritius resulting in a small Indian population. The Indians, like a similar minority of Chinese, were confined to a merchant class.) | ||
*[https://www.facebook.com/todayinsey/posts/938746639496480:0 "70% of the inmates at Montagne Posee are there for drug related offenses. The drug related offenses mainly include possession, trafficking, theft and burglary. Theft and burglary offenses are categorized under drug offenses because most time this crime is as a result of needing money to feed one’s drug habit,” Mr. Dodin explained.] | *[https://www.facebook.com/todayinsey/posts/938746639496480:0 "70% of the inmates at Montagne Posee are there for drug related offenses. The drug related offenses mainly include possession, trafficking, theft and burglary. Theft and burglary offenses are categorized under drug offenses because most time this crime is as a result of needing money to feed one’s drug habit,” Mr. Dodin explained.] | ||