Category: Government
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Crime is Crime
Brittney Shakespeare | November 26, 2021 Violence Against LGBTQ+ Members in Jamaica Jamaica’s violence against members of the LGBTQ+ community and its obsession with justifying crime based on closed-minded belief systems Jamaica is known for being one of the most violent and crime-ridden countries in the world, with it having the highest murder rate in…
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Spare The Rod
by Jahnaya Anderson | November 15, 2021 A look into corporal punishment and child abuse in Jamaica. Tragic News Many Jamaican parents strongly believe in corporal punishment as an effective method of discipline, but where do we draw the line? On July 18, 2021, four-year-old Nashawn Brown, was allegedly beaten with a stick repeatedly by…
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Human Trafficking in Jamaica
by Tori-Ann Collier | November 5, 2021 HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN JAMAICA: Modern Day Slavery by Tori-Ann Collier “Slavery is not a horror safely confined to the past; it continues to exist throughout the world, even in developed countries…” -Kevin Bales This quote, by author Kevin Bales, helps to acknowledge that slavery still roams through modern…
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Make Jamaica’s Sex Offender Registry Public.
by Kayla Francis | October 21, 2021 Make Jamaica’s Sex Offender Registry public: Addressing the current state of the Sex Offender Registry and the need for it to be accessible to the public Jamaica’s Sex Offender Registry, managed by the Commissioner of Corrections, was established in July 2014. Once convictions are recorded by the Supreme…
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Catcalling Culture in Jamaica
by Kayla Francis | October 11, 2021 A deep dive into Street Harassment, and its connection to gender-based violence. What’s so bad about Catcalling? While most catcalling men would argue that their comments are purely complimentary and should not be considered a big deal, this type of street harassment in itself, more often than not,…