The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) condemns the murder of 38-year-old Correctional Officer Shannon Briscoe whose body was discovered this morning in Seaview Gardens after he was reported missing. Commissioner…
Inmates and wards at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) are set to receive additional psychiatric care, following the completion of training for 17 Correctional Officers and one civilian staff…
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will benefit from the implementation of an electronic Jail Management System under the Ministry of National Security’s Security Strengthening Project (SSP). The system, valued…
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…
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….
As part of the self-sufficiency programme, inmates contribute to their diet through egg production and growing of vegetables.
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.
A year has passed since we began preparation for the arrival of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV or COVID-19) to national shores. To date we remain in combat mode to secure our facilities, staff and inmates against the burgeoning new strains of the virus – some proclaimed to be unresponsive to vaccinations already available in foreign markets.
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.
