Adult Correctional & Remand Centres

TOWER STREET Adult Correctional Centre (GP)

• During the slave trade the site was used as a trading centre for slaves. Underground tunnels were built to facilitate the trading of slaves.
• In 1845 the British Colonial Government commissioned the facility into a prison.
• The prison housed both males and females until 1975 when the females were relocated

ST. CATHERINE Adult Correctional Centre (DP)

• In 1655 the British established this site as a holding area for slaves carted to the facility after they disembarked the ships at Port Henderson.
• In 1898 the Gallows was relocated from Falmouth to this prison which
  has always been the holding area for inmates condemned to death. The last hanging was done in 1988. St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre is one of two reception
  institutions for males.

New Broughton Sunset Adult Correctional Centre

• Established in 1977 in partnership with the United Church of Jamaica
  and the Cayman Island
• From 1912 – 1977 the New Broughton Boys Home occupied the premises.
• The institution now houses male offenders age fifty five (55) years
  and over.

Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre

• This institution was established in 1949 as a part of the St. Catherine District Prison. It remained attached until 1972 when it gained its autonomy
• A farm institution, agricultural activities form an integral part of the rehabilitation programme.

Horizon Adult Remand Centre

• Commissioned into service in 2001 this is the only maximum security remand facility in the island.
• In 2005 the legislation was revised to give the facility an additional function of correctional centre to house high risk inmates sentenced by the Court.

Richmond Farm Adult Correctional Centre

The original site of a sugar plantation and a great house, this institution is located in the parish of St. Mary.

• It was commissioned into service in 1944.
• As a farm institution agriculture is one of the major activities.
• Richmond Farm is a low security institution.

Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre

• This facility was built in the 18th century by the British. It was used as a look-out point for enemy ships entering the harbour.
• King George III named the facility after his mother, Augusta.
• Between 1808 and 1968 Fort Augusta was used as an annex of the General Penitentiary. It was refurbished in 1968 and formally established as an Adult Correctional Centre by the Jamaica Prisons Service.