Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, is encouraging parents to supervise their children’s use of social media. Mrs. Palmer said perpetrators of human trafficking often use information gleaned from social media posts to target and trap their victims. “I am saying to you parents, even when your children feel you are too ‘faas’ (inquisitive), faas some more,...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Carol Palmer, says the Government remains unrelenting in the fight against human trafficking. Addressing Seventh-day Adventists at their convention at the West Jamaica Conference Centre in Montego Bay on August 27, Mrs. Palmer said perpetrators involved in the crime will be caught and the law will take its course. “We take this...

The Integrated Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Information System and Database is supporting law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking in Jamaica. Jointly developed by the Ministry of Justice and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in August 2015, the system is designed to improve data collection, analysis, and sharing in support of national policies, programmes and strategies to prevent human trafficking....

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, has launched a parenting support programme in West Central St. James, for which she is the Member of Parliament. The initiative aims to better enable parents and other residents to build strong families capable of providing the necessary foundations to support their children’s growth and development. The programme will be highlighted by, among other...

The public is being advised that the offices of the Criminal and Civil Justice Administration (CCJ) and the Legal Aid Council located at Air Jamaica Building, 72 Harbour Street, Downtown, Kingston will be closed from Thursday, August 18 to Friday, August 19, 2016. The closure is due to the poor air quality resulted from the smell of gaseous fumes. The...

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...