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Category: Creative Minds

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42 inmates graduate from High School Diploma Equivalency Programme

December 4, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Institution, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, Stakeholders, TrainingSantana Salmon
Forty-two inmates from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre graduated from the High School Diploma Equivalency Programme ( HSDE), on Tuesday December 3, 2019. The HSDE programme is a literacy...

We Transform Ambassador Agent Sasco hosts Games Day at the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Centre

December 3, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Institution, Life Skills, Ministry of National Security, Outreach, RehabilitationSantana Salmon
The Boys from Metcalfe Street enjoyed an afternoon of games and entertainment courtesy of We Transform Ambassador Jeffrey 'Agent Sasco' Campbell and special guest Asafa Powell and Chief Technical Director...

Department of Correctional Services Award Juveniles and Teachers for Outstanding CXC Performance

November 25, 2019Commissioner, Creative Minds, Education, Institution, Life Skills, Ministry of National Security, Rehabilitation, StakeholdersSantana Salmon
Thirteen children along with teachers from all four Juvenile Correctional Centres were awarded for their performance in the 2019 CSEC Examinations. The children were awarded for outstanding performance in seven...

Department of Correctional Services National Church Service

October 25, 2019Agriculture, Commissioner, Creative Minds, Education, Health, Institution, Life Skills, Ministry of National Security, Outreach, Probation, Rehabilitation, Sports, Stakeholders, TrainingSantana Salmon
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Department of Correctional Services, Juvenile Services Unit Inter-Institutional Spelling Competition 2019

October 1, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Institution, RehabilitationSantana Salmon
Congratulations to the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre on winning the Department of Correctional Services Juvenile Services Unit Inter-Institutional Spelling Competition 2019. After a competitive match, South Camp...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security Ms. Dianne McIntosh encouraged the girls from the South Camp JCRC to find their passion and use it to achieve their dreams

September 4, 2019Commissioner, Creative Minds, Education, Life Skills, Ministry of National Security, RehabilitationSantana Salmon
The South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre Summer School 2019 ended on a high with an afternoon of creative arts and music performances from the girls at the Centre...

The Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre closed the curtains of its Summer School 2019 with a day of music and entertainment.

September 4, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Life Skills, RehabilitationSantana Salmon
The Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre closed the curtains of its Summer School 2019 with a day of music and entertainment. The closing ceremony featured presentations from: Tableau, Silver...

Every Hand is a Winner: Boys from the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre Taught Life Lessons Through Dominoes

August 19, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, SportsSantana Salmon
Every hand is a winner, you have to put things together to win in life just like how you put dominoes together to win the game was the message from...

Spelling competition empowers prisoners at Tower Street Centre

August 5, 2019Creative Minds, Education, RehabilitationSantana Salmon

Superintendent in charge at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Albert Brown, interacts with the finalists of the FREE Bee Spelling competition held at the facility on Tuesday. ONE thousand…

DCS Empowers Inmates through its FREE Bee Spelling Competition

July 31, 2019Creative Minds, Education, RehabilitationSantana Salmon
How good is your spelling? The ability to spell words correctly is a gift very few of us still have, especially in the era of spell checker and autocorrect. That,...
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