Karl Hale

Returning to Jamaica in the early 1980s for the first time in a decade was a real eye-opener for Karl Hale.

Living comfortably with his family in Toronto and being exposed to the sport of lawn tennis at a young age separated him from the homeland he left behind and the many social and economic challenges the Caribbean country faces.

By LENNOX FARRELL

According to education officials in the U.S., such as Lesley Morrow, past president of the International Reading Association of America, projecting future needs for prison population beds is based, in some states, on the reading scores of children in Grade Three.

Is this true? Are prison officials basing the need for future prisons on the failure rate of Grade Three children?

What is no myth is that the exponential growth of a prison industrial complex in the United States is directly linked to the ending of slavery in the 19th century.

Lloyd Mckell (left), Natasha Burford, Karl Subban, Jamea Zuberi, Kurt Mcintosh and Yvette Blackburn

When it comes to their three sons, school principal Karl Subban and his Montserratian-born wife, Marie, were very clear about a couple things: the boys would attend school regularly, succeed academically and participate in any sports activity they liked.