Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says combining the concept of principled policing with the practice of restorative justice, can help to reduce acts of misconduct by State agents, such as the police. The Minister notes that this can be done through an analysis and adoption of the main goals of restorative justice. Some of these include the culture of peace...

The Government is putting in place measures to have more efficient completion and transfer of forensic files, for improved processing of court cases. Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, indicates that the Commissioner of Police has agreed to have a liaison officer placed within the court system to facilitate the collection of certificates by investigating officers from the Jamaica Constabulary...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says a submission has been made to Cabinet to seek approval to amend the Constitution to allow for retired judges to offer their services. He made this disclosure recently during an interview on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television programme, ‘Issues and Answers’. “We are not going to increase the age of retirement from...

The Government is seeking to equip the nation’s courts with the relevant technology as part of measures to increase efficiency. During a recent interview on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television programme, ‘Issues and Answers’, Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said the main parish courts and all the supreme courts will be equipped with audiovisual technology, “so that everything...

Over 20,000 at-risk youth have benefitted from the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP). The group is defined as young people who have factors in their lives or experienced events that lead them to engage in behaviours that are harmful to themselves and the society. Communications, and Social Marketing Coordinator for CSJP, Patrice Nephew, tells JIS News that the programme...

Service delivery by the Administrator General’s Department (AGD) is set to improve as a result of a US$696,300 software upgrade. With the Trust and Estate Management System (TEMS), the agency will be replacing its old Trust Administration Software. The new system has the capacity to process all aspects of estate administration, from trust administration to financial and investment-related activities. It...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says that changes are to be made to the Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiations and Agreement) Act in order to make the legislation more effective and to speed up the pace at which justice is delivered to Jamaicans. The Act, which was introduced in 2006, and amended in 2010, allows persons accused of crimes to plead guilty and...