He recently asked four parolees to join the village revitalization program in Koblervile.
There, the parolees, under the supervision of Chief Parole Officer Joseph T. Guerrero and Camacho, cleared a 3,000-square-meter lot of overgrown vegetation.
The land is situated across from the entrance of the Tottotville and can be transformed into a park, Camacho said.
The Department of Public Works also assisted the cleanup by providing heavy equipment.
Camacho said they asked permission from the Department of Public Lands to develop the area.
“The community can use this area as a mini-park,” he said, adding after the cleanup, they will plant flowers as well as landscape the lot.
According to Camacho, it’s not a first time that parolees have been involved in community service.
Two years ago, Camacho recalled presenting a project to the Public School System that would have allowed parolees to repaint a bus stop.
“Students could have seen that parolees are not bad people and that they should be given a second chance by the community,” he said.
The project did not materialize because of lack of materials, but the parolees are still willing to provide service if given the chance, he added.
Camacho, who is also the Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council chairman and one of the prime movers of the Neighborhood Watch Task Force, wants the revitalization program adopted by each village.
The involvement of community members and the business sector are very vital for this program, he said.
“If everybody will participate in the cleanup campaign and if you pick up trash in the streets regularly then the island will be a better place,” he said.
