The Peace Management Initiative (PMI) in St. James is using music as a part of its social intervention programmes for at-risk youth across the parish. Administrator, Garfield McGhie, told JIS News that to date 20 marching bands have been established across the parish, involving more than 400 youth. According to Mr. McGhie, “we are of the view that music and...

Twenty-six youngsters from juvenile correctional centres across the island are now sitting Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations, as the Government improves the educational programmes of these institutions. Commissioner of Corrections, Jevene Bent, who made the disclosure, said several improvements have been made to enhance the quality of education offered within the island’s four juvenile institutions. She was responding to questions...

The Cabinet submission for the formal merger of the Forensic Science Laboratory with the Legal Medicine Unit (LMU) is to be tabled in the first quarter of the 2014/15 fiscal year. This is contained in a Ministry Paper tabled by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 13. It is proposed...

The Police Service Commission is to formalise the incorporation of former officers of the Island Special Constabulary (ISCF) within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) when it meets on Friday, May 16. Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, made the announcement at a post-Sectoral press conference at Jamaica House on Wednesday, May 14. He noted that while the merger “is...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has completed the data system, which will facilitate the operation of the much anticipated Sex Offenders Registry. Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting made the announcement during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 13. By July, a meeting is to be held to sensitise...

The Government has made provisions for further transformation of the country’s prison system, in order to ensure that the rehabilitation of inmates is in line with international standards. Making the announcement in his presentation to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on May 13, Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, said the reform is being undertaken...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is slated to purchase 400 motorcycles at an estimated cost of US$2.5 million during the 2014/15 fiscal year. This is stated in a Ministry Paper tabled by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting during the sitting of the House of Representatives on May 13. According to the Paper, vehicles will augment the resources dedicated...