April 28, 2023
Inmate escapes correctional centre in St Catherine
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – A search is now underway for an inmate who escaped from the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St Catherine on Friday.
An officer at the institution reported that at about 2:25 pm, the prisoner, Jermaine Jackson, escaped from a group of 22 inmates who were working on the farm.
Jackson was serving a sentence of one year for assault-at-common-law and seven years at hard labour for illegal possession of a firearm.
The Department of Correctional Services is collaborating with the Jamaica Constabulary Force to find the escapee.