Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre

Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre is a prison in Jamaica. It was formerly the General Penitentiary, and was built to accommodate 650 male inmates but has held over 1700 on occasions. Construction of the current building began in 1845, shortly after the end of slavery. Previously, the Kingston House of Correction stood on the same site. The new penitentiary was designed according to the 'separate system' in which prisoners are held in isolation, although in practice sharing of the small cells has been common.

South Camp Adult Correctional Centre

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 convicted of illegal

Horizon Adult Remand Centre

Horizon Adult Remand Centre opened in 2002 with a capacity of 1026

Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre

Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre was built to accommodate 120 male inmates

Tamarind Farm Correctional Centre

Tamarind Farm Correctional Centre has accommodated over 275 male inmates on occasions

Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centre

Hill Top Correctional Centre was built to accommodate ninety eight boys. It is operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security

Saint Jago Women's Centre

Saint Jago Women's Centre has been closed, making Fort Augusta the only women's prison on the island

New Broughton Sunset Correctional Centre

New Broughton Sunset Correctional Centre, also known as the Old Man's Prison, was built in 1916 and rebuilt in 2005 following severe damage by Hurricane Ivan the previous year. It houses up to 80 low risk and ageing male inmates in open dormitories with

St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre

St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, Jamaica, formerly Saint Catherine District Prison and sometimes called Spanish Town Prison, was built to accommodate 850 male inmates but has held over 1300 on occasions. It contains the only death-row on the

Richmond Farm Correctional Centre

Richmond Farm Prison is a prison in Jamaica that houses up to 235 first offenders serving long-term sentences. It once incorporated a large banana farm, which was later destroyed. As of 2006, an attempt was under way to regenerate the farm with crops

Steven McCarthy (actor)

Steven McCarthy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is most noted for his three-time guest role as Morgan in the television series Mary Kills People, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a