Citizen security is the most fundamental objective of national security – Minister Chang

Citizen security presents the most comprehensive approach to guaranteeing the delicate balance between the security of persons and their democratic coexistence, says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

He was speaking at the launch of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) – European Union (EU) Partnership to Support Citizens Security in Jamaica, held at Jamaica House earlier today (January 20, 2022).

Police, Citizens Satisfied with Police Facility Upgrades – MNS Survey

A recent survey conducted by the Ministry of National Security has revealed that most Jamaicans are satisfied with renovated police facilities across Jamaica under its Project Rebuild, Overhaul, and Construct (PROC) initiative.

Investment in new JDF vessels will strengthen Jamaica’s maritime border – Minister Chang

The commissioning into service of three Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard vessels, will further strengthen the country’s maritime border and protect her interest through enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness and Response capabilities, declared Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

“Be the best” is the call-to-action given to wards of the state at the Rio Cobre and Hilltop Juvenile Correctional Centres, by Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security.

“My Christmas wish for you is whatever you want to do, make the best of it; What you want to do is not anybody’s business. If you wish to be a barber, it’s your call. If you want to be in business, that too is your call. All I ask is that you be the best at it,” the Minister Samuda.

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Private Security Regulation Authority strengthens services to

support private security industry

Mobile Registration Unit and online portal to facilitate security

personnel registrations and licence renewals

Kingston, Jamaica – The Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA) will increase accessibility to security

personnel and companies islandwide through its new Mobile Registration Unit (MRU) and online licence

The handover of six (6) additional Domestic Violence Intervention Centres (DVIs) to the Jamaica Constabulary Force, sends a strong signal of the repositioning of the police in the society and gives hope to victims of domestic violence, declared Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the ground-breaking exercise to initiate the construction of Jamaica’s first Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite is a critical step in the fulfilment of the Government’s commitment to modernizing and transforming Jamaica’s criminal justice system.

The autopsy suite is the final component of the upgrading of the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine (IFSLM) to make it into a forensic pathology unit that is comparable to any in the globe.

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among the inmate population in the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre in recent weeks.

Currently, there are 74 positive cases among the inmate population while one inmate has been hospitalized. Two staff members at the institution have tested positive and are now in isolation.

Additionally, there are three positive cases of the virus at Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, two at South Camp Juvenile and one at Hilltop Juvenile.

The procurement of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) to enhance surveillance in correctional facilities is now underway says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda during his State of the Nation Presentation in the Senate earlier today.

The Government is building out an Information Communication Technology (ICT) plan for the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) that rests on four pillars – computer networking, communications, surveillance, and connectivity.

With proposed amendments now before the Senate, the Government of Jamaica is one step closer to strengthening its sentencing regime under the 14-year-old Trafficking in Persons (TIP) (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act.