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Director at the Victim Services Division (VSD), Ministry of Justice, Osbourne Bailey.

Crime Victims Encouraged To Access Counselling Support

Victims of crime are being encouraged to contact the Victim Services Division (VSD) of the Ministry of Justice to access counselling support. The VSD works to provide Jamaicans with access to counselling services, to help victims cope with the effects...

Victim Services Division Improves Operations Islandwide

Employers Encouraged To Access VSD’s Grief And Stress Training

Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad Pitkin (seated, left), and former Chief Justice of Jamaica, Hon. Seymour Panton (seated, right), are joined by newly commissioned Justices of the Peace (JPs) for St. James during a swearing-in ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on March 5.

New JPs For St. James Encouraged To Show Strong Leadership

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Jury Trials Suspended For St. Catherine Circuit Court

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St. James Parish Court Closed For Deep Cleaning

The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that the St. James Parish Court will be closed today (March 4, 2021) at 1:00pm to facilitate deep cleaning of the building after a member of staff tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The St. James Parish Court will resume operations on Friday, March 5, 2021. Persons with matters before the...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck ( seated left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Sancia Bennett-Templer (seated centre); and Managing Director of Contraxx Enterprise Limited, Stephen Chung (seated right), sign contract valued at $90.87 million for the establishment of a Family Court facility in St. Ann, at the Ministry of Justice, in Kingston, on Wednesday (February 24). Sharing in the moment (from left) are: Senior Director, Corporate Services in the Ministry of Justice, Kathy Chambers-Adman; Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes; Chief Parish Court Judge, Justice Chester Crooks and Chief Technical Director in the Justice Ministry, Grace-Ann Stewart-McFarlane.

5 years ago Justice

Contract Signed For Family Court In St. Ann

A contract valued at $90.87 million has been signed between the Ministry of Justice and Contraxx Enterprise Limited, for the establishment of a Family Court facility, in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann. The signing took place on Wednesday (February 24), at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices in Kingston. The scope of work will include the retrofitting and internal renovation...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, speaking in the Senate on Friday (Feb. 12).

5 years ago JusticeSocial SecurityYouth

Children Deemed Uncontrollable to Be Separated from Juveniles Convicted or Charged

The Ministry of National Security is now in discussion with the relevant authorities to see to the appropriate relocation of 26 juveniles deemed uncontrollable who are in the custody of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda who said arrangements are being made...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, makes a statement on the special investigation report into the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (Feb. 12).

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Working Group Convened to Address Issues Identified at Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre

The Ministry of National Security has convened a working group to address some of the issues highlighted in the recently concluded special investigation report into the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda who made the disclosure, noted that the group will focus particularly...

Public Defender, Arlene Harrison Henry, addresses recent JIS

5 years ago Justice

Public Defender Calls On Jamaicans To Pay Keen Attention To Campaign Messages

Public Defender, Arlene Harrison Henry, says the ‘Know Your Rights’ Campaign will assist persons to know what to do in particular circumstances and calls on Jamaicans to pay keen attention to the campaign messages. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, the Public Defender explained that the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) has partnered with the National Family Planning...

Inspector of Police, Rochelle McGibbon Scott.

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Restorative Justice Helping to Minimise Reprisals

Inspector of Police, Rochelle McGibbon Scott, is hailing restorative justice as a useful tool in helping to minimise reprisals when a crime is committed. An alternative dispute resolution method, restorative justice works to mend relationships broken by conflict, using a series of conferences involving victims, the accused and, at times, community members. It focuses on holding the offender accountable in...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), converses with Minister of Education, Youth and Information and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams, in front of the August Town Restorative Justice Centre, at its new location at 83 August Town Road, St. Andrew, on Tuesday (February 2).

5 years ago Justice

More Justice Centres Coming

The Ministry of Justice plans to establish three additional justice centres over the course of the year into 2022 as part of the continued drive to increase access by Jamaicans to justice services. The parish justice centres are equipped to handle matters related to child diversion and restorative justice, as well as dispute resolution, among other justice-related issues. They also...