The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) through the Ministry of National Security yesterday received a donation of one million Jamaican dollars (JMD 1,000,000) from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) in collaboration with Stand Up For Jamaica is providing psychosocial support through online tele- counselling to its staff, inmates and wards, as part of…
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is advising the public that the suspension of visits to correctional centres will remain in effect until May 31, 2020. The decision comes following…
An Ad Hoc Committee has been established to develop recommendations and strategies to improve efficiency in the use of court time and the movement of inmates and wards from the…
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) wishes to advise that its phone lines are active. During the two-week suspension of external visits to correctional centres relatives and friends of inmates…
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has activated its COVID-19 prevention plan to decrease the likelihood of the spread of the virus within correctional facilities island-wide. Effective Monday, March 16,…
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is now able to administer polygraph tests thanks to the donation of a Polygraph Unit from the United States Embassy. The Polygraph Unit is…
