JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
Juvenile Correctional
Centres formerly know as approved schools, are educational institutions
providing security, rehabilitation and education to a special group of
Juveniles.
These
institutions are for juveniles (ages 12 – 18) who are removed (by the court)
from their normal environment to a more controlled environment.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE
OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
1. To provide accommodation, security and training for
juveniles deemed by the courts to be in need of alternate residential care.
2.
To provide an
array of rehabilitation programmes to all wards so as to effect positive
change in their behaviour.
3.
To provide a
range of academic and vocational training to enhance the juveniles
educational status.
4. To provide medical and dental care for all wards under
care.
There
are two types of residential juvenile correctional facilities, high security
and medium security. High security
facilities are for juveniles who commit very serious offences and therefore
required very strict discipline and maximum control. Hill Top juvenile Correctional Centre and
St. Andrew Juvenile Remand Centre fall into the maximum security group. The medium security institutions are those
which accommodate juveniles who are deemed to be of a lower risk level.
Rio Cobre
Juvenile Correctional Centre and Armadale for girls
are two such centres.
DESCRIPTION OF
ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES
(A) RIO
COBRE JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
The activities and
programmes at this centre include academic training, behaviour modification (counselling
etc.) recreation activities and vocational training.
The
institution provides academic instruction to all wards under its care. There are vocational training in woodwork,
tailoring, auto mechanics, welding and home economics.
Recreational
Activities include: football, cricket, basketball and athletics. For extra curricula activities, the wards
are involved in 4H club activities and other community based social activities. A house system is used to organise
competition in sports and other activities.
There is also a scout troop.
(B) ARMADALE JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
The
activities and programmes at this centre include Behaviour Modification,
Education, Vocational Training and Recreation.
The institution provides academic instruction up
to the secondary school level. There
is vocational instruction in Cosmetology, Home Economics, Clothing and
Textiles and Art & Craft.
The Wards participate in cultural events such as
the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (J.C.D.C) festival of art
competition. They are also organised
in Houses, for sporting competitions.
(C) ST. ANDREW JUVENILE REMAND CENTRE
This is a remand centre, for juvenile boys who await
sentencing or placement.
Three (3) kinds of short-term programmes are carried out
at this centre counselling, education, and recreation.
Academic classes are organized/arranged
according to the abilities of the wards.
While counselling seminars conducted by the Welfare Officer and the
Chaplaincy Personnel. Wards are
temporarily remanded at this facility.
(D) HILL TOP JUVENILE
CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
The activities and
programmes at this centre include academic training, behaviour modification (counselling
etc.) recreation activities and vocational training.
The institution provides academic
instruction to all wards under its care.
There are vocational training in woodwork,
tailoring, auto mechanics, welding and electrical installation.
Recreational Activities include: football, cricket, and
athletics. The center
also has agriculture projects, which produces yam, cabbage and other cash
crops. There is also a piggery and
poultry farm. A house system is used
to organise competition in sports and other activities. There is also a scout troop.
JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
NAME: RIO COBRE JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
ADDRESS: Tredegar Park,
Spanish Town, St. Catherine
CAPACITY: 120
NAME: HILL TOP JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
ADDRESS: Bamboo, St. Ann
CAPACITY: 98
NAME:
ARMADALE
JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE (girls)
ADDRESS: Alexandria, St.
Ann
CAPACITY: 40
NAME: ST. ANDREW JUVENILE REMAND CENTRE
ADDRESS: Stony Hill,
St. Andrew
CAPACITY: 48
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