Grand Opening of the Carl Rattray Staff College Gym
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, the Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn delivered remarks at the Grand Opening of the Carl Rattray Staff College Gym in Runaway Bay, St….
More than 60 wards were engaged in an Exhibition and Special Day of Creative Expression.
More than 60 wards were engaged in an Exhibition and Special Day of Creative Expression recently held at the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Correctional Centre. The event was executed by…
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 – 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)...
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…
COVID 19 UPDATE
The public is being advised that established lines of communication remain open to get COVID 19 related information on relatives housed at the nation’s remand and correctional centres. This includes…
DCS reports 5 positive COVID 19 tests at Horizon Facility
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has activated containment protocols with immediate effect at the Horizon Adult Correctional Facility following 5 confirmed positive Covid-19 test results received today. “We currently…
DCS Signs MOU with HEART/NSTA & HOPE to Provide Training for Wards & Inmates
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...
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