A new Police post, built at a cost of $12 million, was opened Wednesday, February 26, in the Meadows of Irwin, St. James. The Meadows of Irwin is a private...

Three of the four new juvenile detention centres being constructed by the National Works Agency (NWA) are set for completion in March, while the tendering process had to be redone...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting an overall 11.1 per cent decline in the number of serious, violent, and acquisitive crimes committed in 2013, relative to 2012. These...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, has pointed to the need to incorporate community institutions, such as the church, in the restorative justice programme. He said that faith-based organisations can...

The Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) Bill, popularly called the ‘anti-gang’ legislation, was passed in the House of Representatives on February 18 with 22 amendments. The Bill makes provision...

The Safe Schools Programme, geared towards tackling criminal and anti-social behaviour in schools, has been reaping steady successes since its inception 10 years ago. A joint initiative of the ministries of...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting has condemned the killing of two members of the Banana Street community, including a 17-month-old child, and the reprisal shooting of two residents...

Horace Bailey, like many other young Jamaican men, grew up in a depressed urban community, but was determined not to become just another statistic in the trenches of inner-city life....