The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting that there are no positive cases of COVID-19 in the island’s prisons at this time.
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No COVID-19 cases in prisons now, says DCS
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In years gone by, and perhaps still in the minds of most, a sentence to serve time in a maximum-security prison only spelt failure, with the prospect of rehabilitation pretty slim.But this story, unfolding now within the walls of the Spanish Town Prison, formally named the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, certainly challenges that idea.
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Transformation from behind those prison walls
Transformation from behind those prison walls was last modified: July 29th, 2018 by TonyPerreault
From prison to college J’can inmates to be offered university level education
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NEW YORK, United States — A programme under which inmates in Jamaica’s correctional facilities will have access to university level education is closer to reality, its organisers said.Representatives of the Prison to College Pipeline project plan to visit Jamaica next month to advance talks with The University of the West Indies, Mona, the Department of Correctional Services and other stakeholders on setting up the programme.
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From prison to college J’can inmates to be offered university level education
From prison to college J’can inmates to be offered university level education was last modified: March 26th, 2018 by JudsonStreeten
