Well Over Two Thousand Jamaicans Locked Up Overseas
Well over two thousand Jamaicans are reportedly incarcerated in 10 countries across four regions in the world.
According to the Observer, figures from the Diaspora and Consular Affairs Department of the Foreign Ministry revealed that at October 14, 2014, some 2,309 Jamaican nationals were incarcerated abroad – convicted, on remand or in detention awaiting deportation.
Figures from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement also showed that of this number the United States had 1,424.
619 were confined in the United Kingdom; 133 in Canada; 43 in Trinidad and Tobago; 40 in Barbados; 23 in Antigua and Barbuda; 12 in Cuba; 10 in Curacao; four in St Lucia and one in Mexico.
Of the total, at least 61 were women.
