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...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will begin outfitting select police units with body cameras, as part of its strategy to improve transparency in interactions with the public. The initiative is also aimed at improving the gathering of evidence of criminal activities, in order to prosecute persons who commit them. Making the announcement at a Jamaica House press briefing, on January...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting,  says findings of the ‘Education and Crime: Evidence from Prison inmates in Jamaica’ study, is not necessarily blaming the schools, as there are other factors that contribute to someone ending up in the correctional system. The study, which was conducted in 2012 by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), looked at persons in the...

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...