JUNE Spence-Jarrett, who was Monday removed from her post as commissioner of corrections, is going to the Broadcasting Commission, a highly placed Government source told the Observer last night.

The source did not say what position Spence-Jarrett would occupy at the commission, which is one of the agencies in the Office of the Prime Minister.

Spence-Jarrett lost her job as head of the prison service after a commission of enquiry into the fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Facility in May last year found that negligence on the part of correctional service staff contributed to the deaths of seven girls in the blaze.

The seven girls -- Ann-Marie Samuels, Nerrissa King, Rachael King, Kaychell Nelson, Shauna-Lee Kerr, Georgina Saunders and Stephanie Smith -- succumbed to burn injuries sustained in the fire.

Justice Paul Harrison, who chaired the enquiry, had described Spence-Jarrett as "uncaring and inhumane" for taking the decision to house 23 girls in a dormitory fit to be occupied by no more than five persons.

According to Harrison's report, Spence-Jarrett was negligent.

"I find that in March 2008, Mrs Spence-Jarrett, then deputy commissioner, unwisely did make the fateful decision to house the 23 girls in the office dormitory measuring 20 feet by 12 feet and with seven double bunk beds only, containing 14 mattresses. That decision was a patent breach of the duty to promote the best interests of children, violated the statutory requirements and was accordingly negligent in all circumstances," the report stated.

Harrison also said Spence-Jarrett was evasive and less than truthful when she testified before the commission.

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