Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Ambassador Dr. Rocky Meade, signs the condolence book for late Justice Dennis Morrison, at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Tuesday (February 20).  

The Global Affairs Canada (GAC)-funded Social Justice (SO-JUST) project will be partnering with civil society organisations (CSOs) to develop interventions tailored for increased access to justice services by vulnerable groups. Focus is currently being placed on increasing access to justice services by the deaf and children in contact and conflict with the law. The CSOs currently being engaged under the...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (right), signs the condolence book for late Justice Dennis Morrison at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Tuesday (February 20). Looking on is Chief of State Protocol and Secretary General, Chancery of Societies of Honour, OPM, Ambassador Sandra Grant Griffiths.

The Government will be constructing and operationalising a 6,826 sq. ft (634 sq. metre) Justice Centre in May Pen, Clarendon, to facilitate the provision of restorative justice, child diversion and mediation services. Funding for the project, which is expected to cost $54.3 million, is earmarked in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure. This was recently tabled in the House of Representatives...

The Government is to construct a Justice Centre in Sandy Bay, Hanover, at a cost of $180 million, for the provision of restorative justice, child diversion and mediation services. This is outlined in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, on February 15....

During the 2024/2025 legislative year, the Government will implement measures to enhance access to justice, including legislation to strength the use of mediation and restorative justice. “The Government will seek to enact a Mediation Bill, a Restorative Justice Bill, and a new Justice of the Peace Jurisdiction Act to further enhance the role of Lay Magistrates,” said Governor-General, His Excellency...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is appealing to churches to play a greater role in maintaining peace and harmony within communities. Addressing the Ministry’s Restorative Justice Church Service at the West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in Mount Salem, St. James, on February 10, Mr. Chuck said churches can use the initiative as a potent tool in helping the...

More Jamaicans are buying into the benefits of restorative justice (RJ) in healing interpersonal relationships and bringing communities together. Director for the Restorative Justice Branch in the Ministry of Justice, Joanalee Robinson, tells JIS News that attitudes towards retributive justice are changing due to intervention programmes like RJ. Retributive justice is the system of criminal justice that focuses on the...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has called on Justices of the Peace (JPs) to play a more active role in helping to weed out criminal elements and fostering peace and stability in communities. Mr. Chuck, who was addressing Friday’s (Feb. 9) JP Sensitisation Session at the Grand Palladium hotel in Hanover, said that the public officers have a critical...