The courts have fared even worse. There is a lack of paper, computers and even pencils, and there are not enough judges and prosecutors in place. Although the head of the U.N. Mission in Kosovo, former French health minister Bernard Kouchner, recently filled an additional 400 positions on the judiciary, the court system has yet to operate smoothly. Individuals who are arrested by KFOR or the U.N. police very often are released after a day or two in custody because the legal system can't process them. So criminals who have committed lootings or even killings are simply walking in and out of the detention facilities.
Basic services are scarce The justice system is but one of many basic services in short supply.
Failing power stations and downed power lines have forced the province to survive on only a fraction of the electricity it needs. With no power to pump water, the central heating system in the capital, Pristina, has frequently been shut down. All but emergency surgeries have been canceled. They knew how to run things, and now they aren't talking. They aren't here, more importantly.