Prisoners cost taxpayers $68 million each month

Kaieteur News: "The government currently spends some $34,000 per month to maintain a prisoner.
This is according to Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee who, in responding to a question posed by Leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman, who said that his figure was based on figures for 2008.
According to Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine, at any given point in time there are some 2000 prisoners in the system."

Police probing claim politician interfered with crime scene

JamaicaObserver.com: "The police are investigating an incident involving an active Jamaica Labour Party politician who they claimed interfered with a crime scene in
the South East St Andrew area on Wednesday."

Woman held after $11m cash haul released

JamaicaObserver.com: "A woman who was arrested when police seized $11 million at a house in Sydenham Villas, St Catherine has been released without charge.

Head of the Organised Crime Investigative Division, Superintendent Fitz Bailey, said investigators did not believe she was connected to the seized money.
'We have reason to believe she was not the owner of the cash, so she was released. Our investigations continue,' Bailey told the Observer."

Raining coke - Cops say drug is now smuggled in small portions

Jamaica Gleaner News "AFTER A two-year lull in seizures, the narcotics police said that millions of dollars' worth of cocaine is again flowing through the island's ports.

Senior Superintendent Carlton Wilson, head of the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division, said that for the first six months of the year, the police have seized 161 kilograms of the dangerous drug."

Tempers flare at ministry

Nation News "THE SUMMER CAMP CONTROVERSY between the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sport and the Israel Lovell Foundation's Camp Kuumba has flared into a police matter.

Police confirmed yesterday they are investigating complaints of alleged misconduct against former Cabinet minister Trevor Prescod at the Elsie Payne Complex at Constitution Road, St Michael, last Monday."

Kiwi killed in Jamaica 'harmless as a butterfly'

NZ Herald News: "A friend of the New Zealander shot dead in Jamaica after he refused to hand his cell phone over to a gunman has described him as a 'people's man'."

Jamaican DJ Bounty Killa arrested for assault

Reuters: "KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaican reggae and dance hall star Bounty Killa was arrested on assault and other charges on Thursday for an altercation with an off-duty policeman nearly two years ago.

Police said Bounty Killa, whose real name is Rodney Pryce, could face a sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted."

Stanford Will Remain in Jail Until Trial, Judge Rules

Bloomberg.com: "July 9 (Bloomberg) -- R. Allen Stanford must remain jailed until he can be tried on charges he swindled investors of as much as $7 billion, a U.S. judge ruled today."

video-- Man arrested for Radio 100 scam

Police have arrested a man for falsely soliciting funds in the name of a sick child with a life threatening ailment.