Richmond Farm Correctional Centre

18°13′59″N 76°53′12″W / 18.2330606°N 76.8866372°W / 18.2330606; -76.8866372StatusOperationalSecurity classMedium securityCapacity235Managed byOperated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security

Richmond Farm Prison is a prison in Jamaica that houses up to 235 first offenders serving long-term sentences.[1] 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 including bananas, corn, calaloo, string beans and cucumber.[2]

Its most famous former ex inmate was Bunny Wailer who spent 14 months there in 1967/8.[3] Other sources indicate Toots Hibbert served a year of an 18-month sentence there in 1966–7.

It is operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security.

See also

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External links

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References

  1. ^ Comparison of daily averages* over a 10 year period (1997-2006) by institution and sex Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Department Of Correctional Services, 2007.
  2. ^ COSPROD Preparing Inmates to Lead Productive Lives, Ingrid Brown, JIS, 2006-01-23.
  3. ^ Bunny Wailer Biography.
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