Rehabilitation

DCS Resumes Accepting Care Packages for Inmates/Wards

May 14, 2021Health, Outreach, Rehabilitation

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 inmates maintain high University GPA

May 5, 2021Education, Institution, Life Skills, Rehabilitation, Training

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...

DCS Completes Virtual Court Hearing Pilot Project

January 25, 2021Institution, Ministry of National Security, Rehabilitation

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

January 21, 2021Commissioner, Education, Ministry of National Security, Rehabilitation

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)...

DCS Host Virtual Family Days

December 14, 2020Health, Rehabilitation

Christmas is a time of love and cheer, the Department of Correctional Services understands the importance of family especially during the Christmas Season. Our inmates and wards need an opportunity...

DCS Announces Inmate and Ward 2020 CSEC Successes

November 10, 2020Creative Minds, Education, Life Skills, Rehabilitation

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…

Department of Correctional Services partners with Nutramix Jamaica to boost broiler meat production

October 26, 2020Agriculture, Creative Minds, Ministry of National Security, Rehabilitation, Stakeholders

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...

Friends of Children Incarcerated Donates to Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Centre

September 14, 2020Health, Rehabilitation, Stakeholders, Uncategorized

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) extends thank you to Friends of Children Incarcerated for their donation to the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Centre. The group donated automatic dispensers, hand...

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, Training

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, Training

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...

Category: Rehabilitation