Richmond Farm Correctional Centre

Richmond Farm Correctional Centre
Richmond Farm Correctional Centre
Location Richmond, St Mary, Jamaica
Coordinates 18°13′59″N 76°53′12″W / 18.2330606°N 76.8866372°W / 18.2330606; -76.8866372Coordinates: 18°13′59″N 76°53′12″W / 18.2330606°N 76.8866372°W / 18.2330606; -76.8866372
Status Operational
Security class Medium security
Capacity 235
Managed by Operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security

Richmond Farm Prison 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 regenerate the farm with crops including bananas, corn, calaloo, string beans and cucumber.[2]

Its most famous former ex inmate is probably 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

References

  1. ↑ Comparison of daily averages* over a 10 year period (1997-2006) by institution and sex, 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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