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Timeline of our Leaders

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OCTOBER 6, 2014 TO PRESENT

MS. INA HUNTER

She served in varying capacities prior to assuming the post of Commissioner in October 2014.

She earned a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of the West Indies and an Executive Masters from the Mico University College in collaboration with the Mona School of Business.

Her philosophy is under-girded by the belief that offenders have the capacity to change and the ability to contribute to nation building.

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JULY 24, 2014 – OCTOBER 5, 2014

MS. SANDRA O’MEALLY (ACTING)

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JUNE 24, 2013 – JULY 23, 2014

MRS. JEVENE BENT

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MARCH 2010 – JUNE 2013

LT. COL. G. SEAN PRENDERGAST

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DECEMBER 2008 – MARCH 2010

MRS. JUNE SPENCE-JARRETT

 

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JUNE 2003 – NOVEMBER 2008

MAJOR RICHARD B. REESE

JANUARY 2002 – JUNE 2003

MR. EARL A. FEARON (ACTING)

DECEMBER 1993 – JANUARY 2002

LT. COL. JOHN E. PRESCOD
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OCTOBER 1981 – DECEMBER 1993

MR. JUSWYN S. JARRETT

APRIL 1980 – OCTOBER 1981

MR. WINSTON S. MARSHALL

DECEMBER 1975 – APRIL 1980

MR. DUDLEY ALLEN

APRIL 1975 – NOVEMBER 1975

MR. THOMAS SURRIDGE
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Correctional Services in Jamaica is a department under the Ministry of National Security. Other major arms of the Ministry are the Police Force and the Jamaica Defence Force. The Judicial System falls under the Ministry of Justice. The Commissioner of Corrections is the chief executive officer who administers the Correctional programmes on behalf of the Government of Jamaica and reports to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Security.

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