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Member of the Fatherless Crew/Action Pack gang play dominoes in the hallway of their public housing block December 07, 2008 in the Rema Garrison. In the absence of strong central government or law enforcement in inner city areas such as Rema, gang leaders known as "dons" collect taxes from local businesses (through extortion); allocate jobs(legal and illegal); distribute food, school books and "scholarships"; and dispense punishment on those who transgress gang rules.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2007-8
Image Size: 3948x2633 / 5.1MB; Jamaica Jamaican gangs violence murder homicide rates capita crime justice society poverty community garrison gangsters guns weapons youth culture Caribbean tropics West Indies ghetto inner-city inner city epidemic don dons dominoes Action Pack Fatherless Crew Jamaica Kingston garrison garrisons gangs ghetto poverty violence gangsters crime culture violence tragic crisis island Jamaican armed gang life killing homicide rate political violence PNP JLP neighborhood members guns weapons criminal projects
Contained in galleries: Jamaican Violence Project

Member of the Fatherless Crew/Action Pack gang play dominoes in the hallway of their public housing block December 07, 2008 in the Rema Garrison. In the absence of strong central government or law enforcement in inner city areas such as Rema, gang leaders known as "dons" collect taxes from local businesses (through extortion); allocate jobs(legal and illegal); distribute food, school books and "scholarships"; and dispense punishment on those who transgress gang rules.