Our Vision

To be the Caribbean centre of Excellence in Correctional Management.

Latest News & Events

Surround yourself with good people: Senior Superintendent of Police message to young men

August 12, 2019Life Skills, Probation, Rehabilitation

Surround yourself with good people was the message from Senior Superintendent of Police, Calvin Small to participants in the Department of Correctional Services Probation Aftercare Services Challengers Camp 2019. Speaking...

Spelling competition empowers prisoners at Tower Street Centre

August 5, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Rehabilitation

Superintendent in charge at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Albert Brown, interacts with the finalists of the FREE Bee Spelling competition held at the facility on Tuesday. ONE thousand…

DCS Empowers Inmates through its FREE Bee Spelling Competition

July 31, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Rehabilitation

How good is your spelling? The ability to spell words correctly is a gift very few of us still have, especially in the era of spell checker and autocorrect. That,...

Our Mission

We contribute to a better society by effectively securing and transforming offenders for successful reintegration.

Did You Know

21 Wards in the care of the Department of Correctional Services have benefited from a 3 month Home Economic Programme at the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre.

As part of the self-sufficiency programme, inmates contribute to their diet through egg production and growing of vegetables.

Parole is a conditional release which allows
a person to serve the latter part of his/her
term of imprisonment in the community, under
the supervision of a Probation Aftercare Officer.
Community reintegration is vital for continued
rehabilitation to be successful. The programme’s
mandate is to ensure that social intervention/
reintegration strategies are implemented to assist
the parolee and his/her family.

Music in rehabilitation
Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre has one of the most vibrant music programs, allowing inmates with special talents to freely express themselves while
improving their appreciation of various genre of music.
Since the start of 2015, 26 inmates have been enrolled in the institutions’ basic music program.

Commissioner’s Corner

Change Your Conviction

This is a three-prong strategy, which speak to the changing of perception of staff at the Department of Correctional Services, inmates and the Jamaican society.

Video Spotlight

Education in Prison Programme

One of the strategy being implemented to ensure the rehabilitation of inmates and the reduction of recidivism is the education in prison programme which continues to reap success.