Justice Ministry to Roll out Email Addresses for JPs

The Justice Ministry is working to roll out email addresses for Justices of the Peace (JPs) in the final quarter of the current financial year (2021-2022).

Creation of these email addresses will better allow Jamaicans to access and communicate with JPs across the island.

Addressing a recent JIS Think Tank, Director of Public Law, Restorative and Preventative Justice in the Ministry, Julia Moncrieffe-Wiggan, said that providing email access to JPs forms part of the wider mandate of the Ministry to improve justice services for all Jamaicans.

“Any individual can simply type in a JP’s first name, last name and @jp.gov.jm and should be able to make contact with that justice of the peace via electronic mail,” she pointed out.

Portfolio Minister, Hon.  Delroy Chuck, who also spoke during the session, said that a list of JPs is available on the Ministry’s website.

“If you want to contact a JP that you know by name, the person might be AB@jp.gov.jm via email. Persons can verify the correct spelling of the names on the Ministry’s website for the email addresses,” he said.

In addition to increasing access to justice services, the move reflects the Justice Ministry’s commitment to increasing the use of technology within the sector.

Minister Chuck noted, for example, that training and meetings are being done virtually for custodes and JPs and the sessions have been progressing smoothly.

“Firstly, we use technology almost daily. I have custodes’ meetings quarterly and, normally, we would have gathered in some parish, for example in Kingston. Over the past year, however, we have been having custodes’ meetings virtually at the Justice Training Institute (JTI) and at the Ministry of Justice. We also have training programmes, and we can actually accommodate up to 1,000 participants,” he said.