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Lack of fit-for-purpose facility for mentally-ill offenders continues to pose challenges

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Lack of fit-for-purpose facility for mentally-ill offenders continues to pose challenges

DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com

July 7, 2025

A witness to Mario Deane’s deadly beating in 2014 said during his testimony that inmates had dubbed as the “unsound mind cell” the lock-up that Deane ...

Rehabilitation of inmates yielding results, says Cuthbert-Flynn

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Rehabilitation of inmates yielding results, says Cuthbert-Flynn

September 27, 2024

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Initiatives designed to improve the rehabilitation of inmates in correctional facilities are yielding fruit, says Minister of Stat...