DCS Completes Virtual Court Hearing Pilot Project
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
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$1.9M in Technological Support from UNICEF
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS), today received technological support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), valued at One Million Nine Hundred and twenty-three Thousand Jamaican Dollars (JMD$ 1.923Million)...
117 CO1’s from Carl Rattray Staff College achieve NCTVET Certification
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…
DCS Host Virtual Family Days
Christmas is a time of love and cheer, the Department of Correctional Services understands the importance of family especially during the Christmas Season. Our inmates and wards need an opportunity...
DCS Announces Inmate and Ward 2020 CSEC Successes
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is pleased to report the 2020 CSEC results for wards and inmates under its care. One Hundred and thirteen from a total of 117…
Correctional Services receives generous donation of sanitization products toward COVID – 19 Fight
The local arm of the International Agency for sustainable prison healthcare in developing countries, Health Through Walls (HtW) and local NGO, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF Jamaica) on October 26, 2020...
Department of Correctional Services partners with Nutramix Jamaica to boost broiler meat production
The Department of Correctional Services welcomed its first crop of birds to our newly constructed broiler units. The broiler units located at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre were commissioned...
DCS Reports New Positive COVID-19 Cases
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting 9 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the ward population at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional Centre, and 18 staff members who…
DCS Announces Increase in Positive COVID 19 Cases
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre within the last 24 hours. Of the new cases…
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