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Category: Life Skills

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DCS inmates maintain high University GPA

May 5, 2021Education, Institution, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, TrainingRomane Samuda
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...

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

January 19, 2021Education, Life Skills, TrainingRomane Samuda

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 Announces Inmate and Ward 2020 CSEC Successes

November 10, 2020Creative Minds, Education, Life Skills, RehabilitationRomane Samuda

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…

DCS Signs MOU with HEART/NSTA & HOPE to Provide Training for Wards & Inmates

July 24, 2020Commissioner, Education, Life Skills, Ministry of National Security, Rehabilitation, Stakeholders, TrainingRomane Samuda
The Ministry of National Security and the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide training to DCS staff along with wards and inmates...

117 inmates and wards to sit the CSEC exams in July 2020

July 16, 2020Education, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, TrainingRomane Samuda
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will see 117 inmates sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations in July 2020. This year, the DCS has 93 inmates and 24...

DCS moves towards self-sufficiency in food production

June 8, 2020Agriculture, Commissioner, Institution, Life Skills, Ministry of National Security, Rehabilitation, StakeholdersRomane Samuda
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is moving closer towards being self-sufficient in food production, with the construction of two new broiler units to house a total of 9,000 chickens,...

DCS actively engaged in the production of face masks and face shields

April 27, 2020Commissioner, Creative Minds, Health, Institution, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, TrainingRomane Samuda
In public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, the use of cloth face coverings to slow the spread of COVID-19 was recently mandated by the Government...

Department of Correctional Services Drivers Successfully Complete Defensive Driving Course

February 11, 2020Creative Minds, Education, Life Skills, TrainingRomane Samuda
Ten drivers from the Department of Correctional Services successfully completed the Defensive Driving Course at the Grennells Driving School. In an award ceremony held on Thursday, February 6, 2020, the...

DCS Launches Inmate Reintegration Preparation Programme

January 17, 2020Commissioner, Creative Minds, Education, Institution, Life Skills, Ministry of National Security, Probation, Rehabilitation, Stakeholders, TrainingRomane Samuda
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS), launched its Inmate Reintegration Preparation Programme at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre (TFACC) yesterday. The Programme dubbed ‘Imagine Me’, is geared towards addressing...

42 inmates graduate from High School Diploma Equivalency Programme

December 4, 2019Creative Minds, Education, Institution, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, Stakeholders, TrainingRomane Samuda
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...
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