The Wards of the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Centre received an early Christmas gift when the Ministry of National Security and the Department of Correctional Services in collaboration with entertainer Agent Sasco and the Digicel Foundation officially opened the Metcalfe Street Black Diamond Recording Studio at the institution yesterday.
Agent Sasco, a Ministry of National Security, ‘We Transform’ mentor and ambassador, implemented the vocational project at the centre as part of his ongoing support to augment the rehabilitation and reintegration programmes.
The initiative was funded in full by the entertainer with the support of the Digicel Foundation.
The music studio was first constructed through a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development.
The wall of the studio was refurbished and ceiling fans and air conditioning units installed.
The project was implemented to provide the wards with practical hands-on vocational training in music.
This is intended to help them to either create their own employment through entrepreneurial endeavours or gain employment within existing entities in the field when they are released.
