(Jamaica Observer) Most inner-city communities which were once ruled by a fearsome strongman have turned over a new leaf and are no longer subscribing to the dictates of the don, representatives of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) told the Observer on Monday.
According to the CSJP officials, the new outlook by residents in these communities is the result of social intervention programmes that are being implemented by the Ministry of National Security and other agencies, including the police.
Speaking at the Observer’s weekly Monday Exchange, senior community action co-ordinator at the CSJP, Orville Simmonds, used the community of ‘Southside’