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HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE'S

MESSAGE

The Ministry of National Security continues to
deliver on its promise of service excellence

and with its Strategic Business Plan for the
period 2022/2023 – 2025/2026. During this

period, the Ministry will continually focus on a
number of priority areas including social and
infrastructural investments as well as

legislative changes that take into
consideration the Department of Correctional

Services (DCS), the Jamaica Combined Cadet
Force (JCCF), and the Private Security

Security Regulation Authority (PSRA), which are integral to the national
security architecture.

In the past two years, the covid-19 pandemic has heavy-handedly imposed

financial constraints that have thwarted plans for national development and
technology investments. Nonetheless, with the guidance of Deputy Prime

Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, we
remain resolute to our mission of improving national security; wielding the
power the office holds to ensure our collective efforts and resources remain

pooled in combating and defying the mounting challenges in the security
landscape coupled with those presented by the pandemic.

In a bid to help mould a Jamaican society that is secure, cohesive and just,
my office will be looking into strategies that best revamp the legal

framework and programmes that drive the rehabilitation process within the
DCS. This is to foster a holistic transformation of the population within our

care with the aim of creating reformed citizens, while reducing the
recidivism rate.

Other priorities and plans for the DCS is centred on specific targets that
include:

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