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Author: Monique Pryce

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New Instructors for the DCS’ Carl Rattray Staff College

February 3, 2023Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

The Department of Correctional Services’ Carl Rattray Staff College has added 13 new instructors to its roster following the completion of the Potential Instructors’ Training which culminated in a Passing…

DCS Receives Technological Devices for Juvenile Institutions

February 3, 2023Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

One hundred and forty-seven (147) wards within juvenile remand and correctional centres are to benefit from technological devices donated from e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJam) to the Department of Correctional…

DCS Condemns Murder of Correctional Officer

August 15, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

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 Juveniles to Receive Additional Psychiatric Care

June 8, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

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…

New Jail Management System for DCS

May 17, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

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…

Department of Correctional Services Resumes Non-Contact Visits at Adult Institutions

April 22, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will resume non-contact visits in the Adult Institutions effective Monday, March 28, 2022. The resumption follows the withdrawal of the Disaster Risk Management Act…

DCS Responds to Erroneous Report

March 21, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is aware of a newspaper report dated Sunday, March 13, 2022 regarding the annual cost to feed inmates at correctional institutions. The report contains…

Inmates and Correctional Officers to Receive Scholarships from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean

February 25, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean will provide six scholarships for inmates and Correctional Officers to pursue the Associate Degree in Business Administration valued at more than two million dollars…

Inmate Injured Following Altercation with Correctional Officer

February 25, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting that that an inmate has been taken to a public hospital following an altercation with a Correctional Officer this morning, February (21)….

Successful 2021 CSEC Results for Inmates and Wards

February 25, 2022Press ReleaseMonique Pryce

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting that 45 per cent of 123 inmates and wards who sat the 2021 May/June sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC),…

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