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…
Parole conditional release
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….
Self-sufficiency Programme
As part of the self-sufficiency programme, inmates contribute to their diet through egg production and growing of vegetables.
Home Economic Programme
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.
Electronic Case Management System for Juvenile Facilities
An electronic case management system is to be fully installed and operational in all juvenile correctional facilities by September 2019. The system is being implemented by the Department of Correctional...
Condolence for CO1 Traves Anderson
The Commissioner of Corrections Lt. Col. (Retd.) Gary Rowe and the management of the Department of Correctional Services express heartfelt condolence at the passing of Correctional Officer Traves Anderson. Mr....
MNS to revisit plans for DCS former Staff College
Ministry of National Security to revisit plans for the rehabilitation of the former Department of Correctional Services Staff College building located at Tower Street in Kingston. This comes from a...
HEART Trust/NTA and MNS sign second MOU to transform inmates
THE HEART Trust/NTA on Wednesday signed a second memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of National Security’s Department of Correctional Services to certify and train more wards (detainees under…
Success from behind bars – Female inmates excel in CSEC
Proving to Jamaicans that good things can come out of being incarcerated, 16 females from the Fort Augusta Women’s Adult Correctional Facilities, now located on South Camp Road, St Andrew,…
Newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security
Newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, the Honourable Rudyard Spencer, met with the leadership of the Department of Correctional Services, DCS, recently to discuss the…
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