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 of crime and violence. Director of the VSD, Osbourne Bailey, said despite the pandemic, there are elements of the criminal...

The Victim Services Division (VSD) is improving its operations and services in the offices islandwide. The Division, which mainly provides counselling services to victims of crime, also provides technical services, crisis intervention, volunteer mobilisation and court support. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the VSD, Osbourne Bailey, said the progressive improvement of the VSD includes sharpening how...

The Victim Services Division (VSD) is encouraging employers to take advantage of its grief and stress management training sessions as a way of providing support to staff members. The VSD, which operates under the Ministry of Justice, has a core mandate of facilitating healing and therapeutic intervention for victims of crime. In addition to this core responsibility, the counsellors within...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has called on the 41 newly commissioned Justices of the Peace (JPs) for the parish of St. James to demonstrate strong leadership as they work to make their communities and country a better place. “This is the beginning of your new role as community volunteers where we are expecting, as newly commissioned JPs, that...

Effective March 8, 2021, jury trials for St. Catherine Circuit have been suspended. As such, persons who were summoned for jury duty at the St. Catherine Circuit are not required to attend and have been discharged without any risk of penalty. Matters which qualify as bench trials and matters, in which the Crown and the Defence agree to a bench...

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...

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...