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DCS Resumes Accepting Care Packages for Inmates/Wards

May 14, 2021Health, Outreach, RehabilitationSantana Salmon

Starting Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will be accepting care packages for inmates and wards through appointments. In light of the Disaster Risk Management Orders,…

DCS inmates maintain high University GPA

May 5, 2021Education, Institution, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, TrainingSantana Salmon
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) would like to announce that four (4) inmates and one (1) Correctional Officer from the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre (St. CACC) who received...

12 Inmates successfully complete the Level 2 NVQJ certification in Carpentry

March 17, 2021UncategorizedSantana Salmon
Twelve inmates from the Richmond Farm Adult Correctional Centre obtained their level 2 certification in Basic Carpentry earlier this month after successfully completing the National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQ-J) certification course...

DCS Announces New Positive COVID 19 Cases in Staff and Inmates

February 15, 2021UncategorizedSantana Salmon

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting 36 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the inmate and staff population at the South Camp Adult Correctional Centre within the last…

DCS Continues to Offer Bank Deposits to Inmates/Wards Tuckshop Cards

February 9, 2021UncategorizedSantana Salmon

The DCS uses this medium to remind members of the public of the availability of online banking facility to transfer credit to the tuck cards of inmates/ wards within our…

CONTACT NUMBERS TO SPEAK WITH INMATES OR WARDS

January 28, 2021UncategorizedSantana Salmon

The public is being reminded that established lines of communication remain open to get COVID – 19 and general welfare information on relatives housed at the island’s eleven (11) correctional…

DCS Completes Virtual Court Hearing Pilot Project

January 25, 2021Institution, Ministry of National Security, RehabilitationSantana Salmon

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has completed a pilot project to have inmates from the Horizon Adult Remand Centre appear virtually for mention dates in court cases. Minister without…

DCS CONFIRMS 21 CASES OF COVID-19 AT TOWER STREET ADULT CORRECTIONAL CENTRE

January 25, 2021UncategorizedSantana Salmon

Commissioner of Corrections, Lt. Col (Retired) Gary Rowe, this morning advised Minister Without Portfolio in the National Security Ministry, Senator Matthew Samuda that twenty- one (21) cases of COVID-19 have…

DCS – Juvenile Centres Receive JMD$1.9M in Technological Support from UNICEF

January 21, 2021Commissioner, Education, Ministry of National Security, RehabilitationSantana Salmon
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS), today received technological support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), valued at One Million Nine Hundred and twenty-three Thousand Jamaican Dollars (JMD$ 1.923Million)...

117 CO1’s from Carl Rattray Staff College achieve NCTVET Certification

January 19, 2021Education, Life Skills, TrainingSantana Salmon

The Department of Correctional Services is pleased to report the upcoming certification presentation for the first competence-based education trained and assessed cohort of the Carl Rattray Staff College.  One hundred…

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