Gruesome murders soil New Year
NEW YEAR'S resolutions do not appear to have stopped the killings. The Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) reported that a Mandeville householder shot dead one of two men who attacked him with machetes yesterday morning.

Jamaican residents in UK express relief after arrests
LONDON, England: JAMAICANS WHO reside overseas are already rejoicing at reports that a policeman has been charged and others held for a series of crimes targetting returning residents.

Major crimes down in St Catherine North Division
THERE WAS a major reduction in the crimes committed in the St. Catherine North Police Division last year. The overall reduction, quantified at 18 per cent by the police, was achieved through improvements in intelligence gathering...

Black River police lock-up closed - Urgent repairs force move - Prisoners removed.
ALL THE prisoners who were housed at the Black River police station in St Elizabeth had to be urgently dispatched to other detention facilities in the parish last year on December 29, because of the rapidly deteriorating state...

Former correctional officer lauded
HARTFORD KERR, a former correctional officer attached to the Horizon Remand Centre, received a cheque for $60,500 from Prison Fellowship Jamaica during a handover ceremony held recently at the South Camp Road Correctional facility...