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SINGER JAH CURE’S INCARCERATION, INSPIRED U.S. PROFESSOR TO START “PRISON-TO-COLLEGE PIPELINE” PROGRAM!

April 18th, 2017 | Add a Comment

BY VERNON DAVIDSON —-  American university professor Dr Baz Dreisinger addressing guests at a function held in her honor at the US ambassador to Jamaica’s residence in Kingston last week. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) An invitation to give a talk in prison more than 12 years ago, as well as her coverage of Jamaican singer Jah Cure’s case, inspired Dr Baz Dreisinger to start a Prison-to-College Pipeline program in the United States which she is now working at replicating internationally, including in Jamaica. “I walked out feeling that some of the best and brightest in America were being locked away and something had to change,” Dr Dreisinger told guests at a function held in her honour at the US ambassador’s residence in Kingston last week. “One shouldn’t have to wear the scarlet letter of a … Read entire article »

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VYBZ KARTEL IS TRANSFERRED TO “CONFINEMENT” AT THE TOWER STREET MAXIMUM SECURITY ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY!

November 17th, 2016 | Add a Comment

Vybz Kartel— Convicted murderer Vybz Kartel has been transferred from the Horizon Adult Remand Center to the maximum security Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility. Pearnel Charles Jr., the junior national security minister, confirmed that ‎Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, was transferred on Tuesday. “I wasn’t given that information as to why,” Charles Jr. said. A prison source says Kartel, a dancehall artist, has been transferred to Tower Street for “confinement”. IN PHOTO: Pearnel Charles Jr. Meanwhile, Charles Jr. He told THE STAR ONLINE that  Commissioner of Corrections Ina Hunter is the best person to say why Kartel was transferred. Kartel has been at Horizon since 2011 when he was arrested for the murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams. Following his conviction and sentencing in April 2014, he was returned to that facility where he had started serving his life sentence … Read entire article »

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THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING USING PRISONERS TO CLEAN UP THE COUNTRY!

September 18th, 2016 | Add a Comment

By Akino Min In this 2008 low-risk prison inmate engage in clear-up activities at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Center in St Catherine. The Government is considering the use of convicts in national clean-up efforts.– The Government is considering using convicts to clean-up the nation’s streets and gullies that have littered with garbage. In fact, the state is now considering purchasing special clothing for prisoners to wear they engage in clean-up activities. “Any person in the systems that have a non-custodial sentence or a custodial sentence, that is low risk, could be used in this category to clean the litters in gullies,” Pearnel Charles Jr., the junior national security ministry said. The minister, in an interview with THE STAR, said cleaning streets and gullies could serve as a deterrence towards crime while at the same … Read entire article »

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