The Department of Correctional Services DCS yesterday opened the Medical Centre and Infirmary MCI at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St. Catherine
The 25-patient capacity facility will house bed-ridden and infirmed inmates from the Tower Street and St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centres.
The Department currently has 18 such inmates who will relocate to the MCI within two weeks.
Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Colonel Gary Rowe in a release said, “the infirmary is for those in the care of the Department who need special care and medical treatment.”
The Commissioner, who was addressing attendees at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre to mark the occasion, says the MCI is a part of the transformation of the DCS’ strategic plans as we head into 2030.