Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says police officers and judges will be trained as part of the proposed implementation of the Child Diversion Programme. This, he said, will help in preparing them to determine when and how best to utilise the measures under this intervention. Child diversion is the process of implementing measures dealing with children who are alleged, accused...

The Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF) and Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III are partnering to implement a community mediation project that will provide free sessions to persons in conflict. This was disclosed by the DRF’s Content Delivery Leader, Paul Hines, who said the Foundation is aiming to host at least one session per month in each of the 50...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says live streaming of select criminal and civil court cases to the public is being contemplated, in a bid to make the judicial system more transparent, while enhancing its accountability. He informed that discussions are underway with Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes; Acting Court of Appeal President, Hon. Dennis Morrison, and several parish judges islandwide...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, says early collaboration between police investigators and prosecutors prior to taking a case to trial is critical. This, the DPP said, will lessen the chance for even the most skilful of defence attorneys to find and exploit loopholes or for a guilty person to walk free. Ms. Llewellyn, who was addressing the 33rd...

The Attorney General’s Department is far advanced in preparing for its role in the centralisation of legal services, as part of the modernisation of the public sector. Cabinet in 2017 approved recommendations outlined in a framework proposal for the centralisation of legal services to the Government under the Attorney General’s Department. The plan places the Department as the hub, which...

  State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has encouraged wards of the State at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre, in St. Catherine, to make full use of the rehabilitation programmes. Mr. Spencer, who toured the institution on Friday, April 27,  urged the boys  to leave the bad attitudes behind, and grasp all the skills...

  Jamaica will host the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) conference from April 30 to  May 4,  at the Montego Bay Convention  Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, under the theme: ‘An Integrated Approach Against Serious and Organised Crime – Implications for Regional Growth and Development’. Speaking with JIS News, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Dahlia Garrick, who...