The Ministry of National Security will host a National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention on Thursday, January 30, as it continues to roll-out the ‘Unite for Change' public education and behaviour change programme aimed at tackling the nation’s crime problem. The one-day forum, slated for the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, will seek to increase awareness of interventions and preventative...

The recent Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) study on prison inmates and links with some schools, which has caused discomfort among the schools identified, has served to open up more opportunities for these institutions to receive well needed assistance. This is according to at least two of the principals of the high/junior high schools highlighted in the research paper as having...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is advocating strong and united communities in the fight against the social ills affecting the country, including crime and violence. “Where you have strong communities, where (people) unite, where there is love and where they care for their children, and where the children in that community are treated as sons and daughters...

Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover (Area One), Warren Clarke, says that sustained efforts by the Police to control crime in western Jamaica has reaped success, with the total dismantling of the notorious Alma gang. “Gangs played a significant role as drivers of violence during 2013, and so we are particularly encouraged by the...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) says efforts have been under way to resolve the issue regarding the absence of a pharmacist in the correctional system. The DCS says checks have revealed that for nearly 20 years, there has been no established post for a pharmacist in the system, and has over the years been asking for the post to...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, has lauded community members who have been supporting the Football Corner League, spearheaded by the Peace Management Initiative and Violence Prevention Alliance Units in the Ministry. This peace building initiative targets communities that are severely affected by crime and violence, and forms part of the strategies of the Unite for Change campaign, which...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, is reporting that many of the 40 pieces of legislation passed by Parliament during calendar year 2013, have strengthened the security of the country, and will also benefit the economy. “We have had some very fundamental pieces of legislation to do with our economy, to do with crime, and a whole range of...