Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Government is looking at expanding its treatment services to offenders with substance-abuse problems, by establishing drug treatment courts in all parishes. The...

Jamaica is among six countries that will benefit from an additional CAN$833,000 in financial support from the Government of Canada for the monitoring and evaluation of drug treatment courts. The...

Participants in two pilot household energy-conservation and -efficiency workshops in Waterhouse and Greater Brown’s Town in Kingston are hailing the initiative as an effective undertaking, and have expressed the hope...

The Legal Aid Council is committed to ensuring that all Jamaican citizens have access to quality legal representation regardless of their financial resources. Executive Director of the Council, Hugh Faulkner,...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the first zone of special operations should be declared in a matter of days. He said a great deal of work is being...

Press Release - As part of its efforts to reduce the backlog in courts, the Ministry of Justice has sensitized 2,620 persons from April to June 2017 on its Restorative...

Press Release- The Ministry of Justice has recorded 245 persons who have had their criminal records expunged for the period of April to June 2017 with a total of 570...

The Government intends to amend the Gun Court Act to allow for all non-capital murder cases, involving the use of the gun, to be tried by a judge only. Non-capital...