Department of Correctional Services (DCS)
• The Howard Pre-release Hostel, which will house qualified, low-risk inmates was reopened.
• Young persons at South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre benefited from a six-week empowerment summer programme.
• Scores of young people in remand centres and State-care facilities
benefited from training and apprenticeship under the ‘A New Path’ programme.
• Ground was broken for the construction of the US$300,000 multipurpose building at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre to provide additional educational, vocational and recreational activities for the wards.
Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III
• 284 parents and 22 community parent trainers graduated from the CSJP III parent education programme.
• More than 100 persons from vulnerable communities successfully completed substance misuse treatment under CSJP III.
• More than $85 million put into the rehabilitation and expansion of the Gayle Multi-purpose Centre in St Mary.
• $9 million was provided to support activities in the summer for more than 800 youth.
• 91 unattached young people from communities in Kingston and St. James benefitted from skills training under a $50 million Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP).
Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA)
• PICA began automating its citizenship application process for greater efficiency.
• The number of automated kiosks at the Sangster International Airport
increased to 30.
• 77 foreign nationals living in Jamaica granted citizenship.
• The ‘I Am Jamaican’ citizenship campaign was launched in New York.