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, Department Of Correctional Services, c2007. are operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security.

Contemporary institutions

Adult

Centres for men and women:Custodial Services
." Department of Correctional Services, Jamaica. Retrieved on 2 October 2010. *

The South Camp Adult Correctional Centre __NOTOC__ South Camp Prison, also known as the Gun Court prison, opened in 1974 as a combined court and prison to combat the increase in violent crimes involving firearms. A single resident magistrate can issue prison sentences to those convicte ...

(SCACC) * New Broughton Sunset Adult Correctional Centre (NBSACC) - For elderly men *

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(RFACC) * St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre (ST.CACC) - Reception centre * Tamarind Farm Correctional Centre (TFACC) * Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre (TSACC) - Reception centre Centres for women: * Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre (FAACC) – Reception centre

Juvenile

There are three juvenile correctional centres: Highlights of Records Management Activities April – September 2006, Jamaica Archives and Records Department.JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
." Department of Correctional Services, Jamaica. Retrieved on 2 October 2010. * Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre. (

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, St. Ann Parish) - This is the centre for girls - Capacity of 40 * Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centre. (

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) - Capacity of 98 * Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre. (Tredegar Park, Spanish Town,

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) - Capacity of 120

Remand

There are two remand centres: *

Horizon Adult Remand Centre __NOTOC__ Horizon Adult Remand Centre opened in 2002 with a capacity of 1026.
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(HARC) *

Saint Andrew Juvenile Remand Centre Twelve correctional institutions in JamaicaCustodial Services
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. ( Stony Hill, St. Andrew Parish) - Capacity of 48 In addition, many remand prisoners are held in police station gaols.

Historic institutions

* Old Jail in St Ann's Bay *

Saint Jago Women's Centre __NOTOC__ Saint Jago Women's Centre has been closed, making Fort Augusta the only women's prison on the island. See also *List of prisons in Jamaica Twelve correctional institutions in Jamaica

References

External links

*Since 2004, the Department of Correctional Services has published comprehensiv
annual statistics
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