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Correctional Facilities to be Repaired and Expanded

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, April 9, 2014

The Key Point:

Two of the country’s major correctional facilities are to be repaired and expanded this financial year.
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Correctional Facilities to be Repaired and Expanded
National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), emphasises a point during conversation with commander of the newly refurbished Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) police station in Kingston, Superintendent Natalie Burton (left), and Police Commissioner, Owen Ellington, during a tour of the recently refurbished facility. The station, which was renovated by the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)/Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) at a cost of $23 million, was officially handed over on September 4. (FILE)

The Facts

  • A sum of $200 million has been allocated in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure to undertake the projects.
  • A total of $100 million will be spent to facilitate structural repairs at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre.

The Full Story

Two of the country’s major correctional facilities are to be repaired and expanded this financial year.

A sum of $200 million has been allocated in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to undertake the projects.

A total of $100 million will be spent to facilitate structural repairs at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre. It is anticipated that emergency repairs will be carried out on the roofing and structure of the New Hall Building.

An additional $100 million will be used to construct a pre-fabricated building to house female inmates currently located at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, in St. Catherine.

The projects, which will be implemented by the Ministry of National Security with funding from the Consolidated Fund, are slated to last from April 2014 to March 2015.

Last Updated: April 9, 2014