Noel Chambers News Today

It is disturbing that there is still no clear government policy or programme to address the problem of mentally ill people who come into conflict with the law and find themselves in jail and unable to plead. If there is indeed a policy, it appears...

The Jamaican Supreme Court has ordered that a mentally ill man who languished in prison for nearly 42 years without facing a trial for murder should be “temporarily” released to family members under strict conditions. His name and the names of the...

A legal challenge is looming for the release of some 300 mentally ill detainees languishing in prison, some for decades, awaiting trial for various crimes. A group of attorneys representing human rights advocates Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and...

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Mental health services in prison only 50% therapeutic

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The court will decide, in September, if a man, who has spent a decade in custody after allegedly hacking another to death, is mentally capable of standing trial. A fitness...

Four northern suburbs men are among several people facing prosecution over the illegal fishing of marron.

THE Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is challenging a research paper about the situation within the island's prisons presented by human rights organisation Stand up f or Jamaica (S...

The Government has offered to pay $6 million as compensation to George Williams, who spent 50 years – or “his entire working life” – in prison without a trial before his release in 2020. Williams, whose health has deteriorated because of his...

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Stand Up For Jamaica (SUFJ) Carla Gullotta is renewing her call for authorities to track and release all mentally ill inmates from prison. Some of these persons, she said, are lost in the system. Her call comes on the heels of...