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Locked away in the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston, a maximum security prison, for the past four years, Seth Rogers*, is not daunted by his imprisonment, but has been occupying his time productively by teaching his fellow inmates computer skills, and is also integrally involved in the prison's radio station. Mr. Rogers is President of the Students Expressing...

The Ministry of National Security's efforts to transform poor communities affected by violent crime, will be boosted this year with a budget allocation of $211.5 million to strengthen community-based organizations(CBOs) and support community policing. The funds, provided by the United States' Agency for International Development(USAID), will be used to, "help transform poor underserved communities beset with violent crime, and to...

Approximately $76 million will be spent by the Ministry of National Security this year, on acquiring specialised vehicles for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The 2009/10 Estimates of Expenditure state that the procurement will improve the investigative capability of the JCF, by increasing its mobility. It is envisaged that the acquisition of the vehicles will help to increase the clear-up...

The Citizens Security and Justice Project (CSJP) will be enhanced with the provision of $964 million, as stated in the 2009/10 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The project, which got underway in September 2001, through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank, aims to prevent and reduce violence, strengthen crime management capabilities, and improve the delivery of...

The capacity of Government and targeted communities to attain a more peaceful, secure and just society, will be enhanced with an allocation of $18 million in the 2009/10 Estimates of Expenditure, for the Jamaica Violence Prevention and Sustainable Development Programme. This project, which commenced in January last year, has to date been successful in setting up the Ministry of National...

Finance and the Public Service Minister Audley Shaw, has advised that several arrests have been made in the recently uncovered car stealing ring, involving employees of the Tax Services Department, and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The racket, he says, involved the illegal registration of motor vehicles using fictitious titles, the removal of liens from titles, and the placement of...

Twenty four members of the Island Traffic Authority and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), were presented with Certificates of Participation and Transcripts, on April 3, to signal their successful completion of a month-long introductory course in Jamaican Sign Language and Deaf Culture. The training, which was facilitated by the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD), aimed to sufficiently equip the...

The Mandeville Police Youth Club will on Saturday (April 4) stage a fun day to support its social outreach programmes in communities across Manchester. The event will feature many popular sport activities, involving teams from across the island. "The Police Youth Club is a large organization in Jamaica, and we will have persons from a wide cross- section of the...

A two-day Crime Victim Management Counselling Seminar, aimed at strengthening the capacity of communities to respond to the effects of crime, will get underway on Thursday (April 2) at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston. The training seminar is being staged by the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Advisory Committee of the Victim...

The community animation programme, within the Community Security Initiative (CSI) at the Ministry of National Security, was officially launched today (April 1) at the Hotel Four Seasons, Kingston. The programme is a special anti-crime public education project, which seeks to engage communities in the fight against crime and violence, and in reducing fear. The programme incorporates the use of an...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is moving to expand the types of services it offers, under its Inmates Work Programme, to include the skills of both men and women. At a function held Friday (March 27), recognising the inmates for giving a facelift to the National Stadium in time for this week's Boys and Girls Track and Field Championships,...

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are expected to be recertified in the use of weapons by the end of December. This disclosure was made by the head of the Firearms and Use of Force Task Group, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Paul Robinson, in an interview with JIS News. According to ACP Robinson, members of the Island Special...