{"id":26999,"date":"2025-03-18T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26999"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:15:09","slug":"guyana-prison-service-advancing-in-transition-to-correctional-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-prison-service-advancing-in-transition-to-correctional-institution\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Prison Service Advancing in Transition to Correctional Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Celestine Chacon, NCN News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Prison Service is making significant strides in its transition from a penal to a correctional institution, with substantial improvements being made to the infrastructure of the prison system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These updates are part of the current government&#8217;s commitment to modernizing and enhancing the conditions within the country&#8217;s correctional facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first &#8220;Prison in Focus&#8221; program for 2025, Senior Superintendent of Prisons Mark Smith highlighted the ongoing changes, emphasizing that new and upgraded facilities are being implemented across various prison locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This reflects the government&#8217;s focus on improving rehabilitation efforts for inmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vocational programs are being introduced within the prison system to provide inmates with the opportunity to acquire practical skills and certifications, which are essential for reintegrating them back into society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Prison Service is also working on certification for some of these programs, ensuring that the training inmates receive is recognized and beneficial for their future employment prospects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move aims to reduce the stigma faced by former inmates, as employers often hold negative perceptions of those with prison records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the year 2025, the government has allocated a budget of 140.2 million dollars to the Guyana Prison Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This funding will be used to enhance the training programs for both inmates and prison officers, further supporting the goal of successful reintegration into society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of the government&#8217;s broader efforts to modernize the prison system and foster rehabilitation, ensuring that former inmates are given the necessary tools to re-enter the workforce and contribute positively to society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celestine Chacon, NCN News February 17, 2025 The Guyana Prison Service is making significant strides in its transition from a penal to a correctional institution, with substantial improvements being made&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27000,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26999\/revisions\/27000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}