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The Department of Correctional Services, Jamaica (DCS) is a department of the Ministry of National Security of Jamaica, [1] headquartered in Kingston. [2] The department operates prisons and jails in Jamaica. The current [when?] Commissioner of Corrections is Brigadier Radgh Mason. [3]
In 1840, a statute was passed to establish a General Penitentiary in Jamaica. The preamble to the law stated that it was necessary "not only for the safe custody of convicted criminals, but to ensure the more important object of their restoration to society, in a state of reformation and improvement, by a uniform course of well regulated labour, and judicious instruction."
Twelve correctional institutions in Jamaica [1] are operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security. Contemporary institutions
St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, Jamaica, formerly Saint Catherine District Prison and sometimes called Spanish Town Prison, was built to accommodate 850 male inmates [1] but has held over 1300 on occasions. [2] It contains the only death-row on the island. [3]
The Prison Acts 1865 to 1893 refers the following acts: [1] The Prison Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 126) The Prison Officers Compensation Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 21) The Prison Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 21) The Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 63) The Prison Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 51)
Kartel, 48, has been in jail in Jamaica since 2011 over the disappearance of his associate Clive "Lizard" Williams, whose body has never been found. Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel wins appeal ...
Firearm licences in Jamaica require a background check, inspection and payment of a yearly fee, and can make legal gun ownership difficult for ordinary citizens. [7] [8] The new judicial procedures of the Gun Court Act were designed to ensure that firearms violations would be tried quickly and harshly punished. [3]
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