A total of $105.13 million has been allocated by the Government for the Hanover Justice Centre’s construction, to facilitate the provision of restorative justice, child diversion and mediation services in the parish. Details of the allocation are contained in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Finance and the Public...

The Judiciary is to introduce digital recording of criminal proceedings in the country’s trial courts at the start of the easter term, beginning in April, to improve efficiency and the timely delivery of judgements. Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, told a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (February 14), that this move will, among other things, lead to transcripts from trial courts...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has called on Justices of the Peace (JPs) to take a more active role in mentoring young people and encouraging them to pursue legitimate employment and skills development. Addressing a Justices of the Peace Sensitisation Session at the Royalton in Negril, Westmoreland, on February 12, the Minister pointed out that many young people have...

Justices of the Peace (JPs) in Western Jamaica have been urged to collaborate more closely with law enforcement in combatting criminal gangs, by Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. The appeal came during a JP Sensitisation Session, held at the Royalton in Negril, Westmoreland, on February 12. Mr. Chuck noted that more than 150 active criminal gangs currently operate across...

More than 12,000 students have benefitted from training in restorative justice practices under an initial two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established in May 2022 between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information. A second MOU, signed in February 2024, will facilitate continuation of the exercise until April 2026. The training’s implementation is being spearheaded...

Thirty-seven students from Oberlin High School in St. Andrew, who experienced traumatic events, are now better equipped to manage the resulting negative emotions, having benefited from a resocialisation intervention hosted by the Victim Services Division (VSD) of the Ministry of Justice. The ‘Restorative Practices – Cultural Resocialisation Therapeutic School Intervention’ was held at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew on Thursday...

The number of Justices of the Peace (JPs) in service islandwide has doubled, according to Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck. “Over the past nine years… we have moved from 5,000 to about 12,000,” he pointed out. They include an additional 120 for the parish of Kingston, who were sworn in during a ceremony at the Office of the Custos Rotulorum,...