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Category: Outreach

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Enid Bennett High School’s Annual Career Exposition 202

March 10, 2023Education, OutreachRomane Samuda

Highlights from The Enid Bennett High School’s Annual Career Exposition 2023. Staff Officer Bevin Davey, Acting Staff Officer Cleopatra Howard-Burton and Probation Aftercare Officers Abigail Walters and Patricia Johnson Reid…

DCS Resumes Accepting Care Packages for Inmates/Wards

May 14, 2021Health, Outreach, RehabilitationRomane Samuda

Starting Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will be accepting care packages for inmates and wards through appointments. In light of the Disaster Risk Management Orders,…

DCS receives One Million Jamaican Dollars from UNICEF Jamaica for COVID-19 Response

May 28, 2020Commissioner, Education, Health, Ministry of National Security, Outreach, RehabilitationRomane Samuda

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)…

Inmates from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre Spends the Day with Relatives and Friends

December 19, 2019Institution, Outreach, Rehabilitation, StakeholdersRomane Samuda
Inmates from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre were once again given the opportunity to spend the day with their family and friends at the Lay Magistrates of Jamaica, Kingston...

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, RehabilitationRomane Samuda
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...

Richmond Farm Adult Correctional Centre hosts its first Step Out and Strive Graduation Ceremony

December 3, 2019Education, Outreach, Probation, RehabilitationRomane Samuda
Fourteen inmates from the Richmond Farm Adult Correctional Centre became the institution's first batch of graduates from the Department of Correctional Services’ Probation Aftercare Services Step Out and Strive (SOAS)...

Department of Correctional Services, Probation Aftercare Services Region 1 host Multi-Agency Community Walk and Town Hall Meeting

November 8, 2019Outreach, Probation, Rehabilitation, StakeholdersRomane Samuda
The Department of Correctional Services, Probation Aftercare Services Region One (1) hosted a Multi-Agency Community Walk and Town Hall Meeting in St. Thomas on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at the Yallahs Baptist Church....

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, TrainingRomane Samuda
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