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Per capita killings by the JCF are among the highest in the world. With a population of less than three million, police killed 140 people each year in the 1990s [23] —five times the death rate in 1990s South Africa. Current rates may be as many as 300 per year. [29] This makes Jamaica's police force "among the deadliest in the world". [30]
A government agency in Jamaica says it is investigating four fatal shootings by police officers in the span of 24 hours, including that of a 14-year-old boy. The Independent Commission of ...
"Other" lists killings while in judicial custody. Official numbers are considerably lower. Official 2018 statistics show only 46 deaths in police custody and 24 deaths of people in police/judicial remand and an additional 21 civilian killed during police operations for a total of 91 nationally.
Police vehicle in the streets of Jamaica. Some areas of Jamaica, particularly population centers such as Kingston, Montego Bay and Spanish Town, experience high levels of crime and violence. [1] Jamaica has had one of the highest intentional homicide rates in the world for many years, according to United Nations estimates. [2]
Jamaica last year ranked as the second-deadliest country in the Latin American and Caribbean region, according to a study by Insight Crime, with 60.9 homicides per 100,000 people, second only to ...
The violence, which largely took place over 24–25 May, killed at least 73 civilians and wounded at least 35 others. [4] [5] [6] Four soldiers and police were also killed and more than 500 arrests were made, as Jamaican police and soldiers fought gunmen in the Tivoli Gardens district of Kingston. [5]
"At least 650 people have been killed by police officers in Jamaica since 1999. Many of these have been blatantly unlawful killings, yet not one officer has been convicted since then." Piers Bannister, Amnesty International's Jamaica researcher.
Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old boy who was killed by a violent mob in Montego Bay in 2013, after he attended a dance party dressed in women's clothing. [ a ] The incident attracted national and international media attention and brought increased scrutiny to the status of LGBT rights in Jamaica .