CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGY
Prepared by the Crime Reduction Working Group for the National Security Council
Updated May 2011
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Contents:
Update
page 3
Executive Summary
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page 5
Introduction
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page 7
Background
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page 7
Conclusions
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page 9
Recommended Strategy
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page 11
Recommendations 1 - 12:
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page 11
Attachments:
Annex A
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List of additional planned or proposed programmes
page 16
Annex B
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Spreadsheet of existing programmes
page 26
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Update
The Crime Reduction Strategy was presented informally to the Legislative Assembly on
behalf of the National Security Council in March 2011 and was subsequently adopted and
agreed by Cabinet in May 2011.
In addition, since the Strategy Report was prepared a number of actions have taken place:•
The New Police Law has been introduced which:o Deals with circumstances under which an officer has power to stop and search
persons and vehicles.
o Introduces new provisions for rules of practice for the tape recording and
video taping of interviews of suspects.
o Allows for adverse inferences to be drawn in the course of a trial where an
accused failed in earlier questioning by the Police to mention facts or material
now sought to be relied on. The law includes important safeguards to ensure
that only ‘unreasonable’ silence would lead to inferences.
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Evidence (Amendment) Law 2010 has been introduced:o By the Criminal Evidence Witness Anonymity Law (2010) specific measures
may be taken to protect the identity of witnesses who have been intimidated or
who are fearful.
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Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Law 2011
o This most recent initiative by the Legislature, aims to improve the timeliness
of committals to the Grand Court of serious matters and to provide for
speedier trials.
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Protection from Domestic Violence Law:
o This law amongst other things address the growing problem of domestic
violence in our society caused by psychological, emotional and
physical
abuse.
o Victims can now go to court and obtain relevant protection orders to deal with
these types of abuses.
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Director of Public Prosecutions
o The Judicial and Legal Services Commission have recruited for the position.
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Alternative Sentencing Law 2006 (Commencement) Order 2011
o This law amongst other things deals with alternative punishment, curfew
orders, exclusion orders, suspended sentence supervision orders, probation,
community service orders and electronic monitoring.
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Closed Circuit Television
o Cameras will start to be erected in the districts by the end of the financial year,
June 2011
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Executive Summary
Developing the Crime Reduction Strategy has identified the fact that there are a number of
multifarious programmes currently being funded by government; there are overlaps
duplications and gaps; there is little coordination between agencies; there are no real
performance measures in place; and there is very little evaluation of success or failure of the
programmes.
The Group recommends the following:1. That all programmes designed to reduce crime should develop performance
measures that can be monitored on an annual basis to determine the programme’s
effectiveness and whether value for money is obtained and whether there is
justification for repeat budgetary funding. This applies to core government,
statutory authorities and NGOs. Greater and tighter focus on, and the
measurement of outcomes and objectives is required.
2. Chief Officers should be made personally accountable for the success of the
programmes they receive funding for; as well as those programmes that are run by
NGOs that are funded by their Ministry/Portfolio. The existing performance
management scheme should be used to formalise this accountability.
3. To ensure the public can monitor the effectiveness of those agencies involved in
crime reduction, timely up to date statistics should be published on the success of
these crime reduction programmes.
4. A review should be undertaken of CAYS, Department of Children and Family
Services, the Youth Services Unit and the Department of Counselling Services to
identify common areas of responsibility with a view to rationalising these
organisations.
5. To ensure coordination of programmes across agencies it is recommended that the
established post of Director Policy Co-ordination Unit in the Cabinet Office be
filled partly for this purpose but also for other cross-departmental initiatives.
6. That an interlocutor is appointed within CIG to both proactively and reactively
communicate with private sector companies. This job would naturally fall to the
Director Policy Co-ordination Unit who would be the most knowledgeable and
well informed of all the programmes.
7. That the BEST Model be fully funded and supported as a means of identifying and
dealing with at risk youth.
8. That a consistent and age appropriate syllabus of drugs and alcohol education
from the primary through to the secondary levels be established as a mandatory
part of the curriculum. It is recommended that the National Drug Council work
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together to review what is presently being taught and develop a comprehensive
curriculum with the Education Department.
9. That drug and alcohol counselling be reintroduced at the prison. This should be
part of mandatory sentence planning, which is at the heart of the rehabilitative
process.
10. That a review of the laws relating to prisoner release be carried out with the
objective of providing incentives for parole so that released prisoners can be
monitored and supported for the whole duration of their sentence.
11. That the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of
Employment Relations are more proactive in assisting prisoners before they are
released by assessing their housing and employment needs.
12. That the Portfolio of the Civil Service develops an “Ex-Offenders Employment
Policy”.
13. That the ideas suggested in Annex A by the various agencies be explored,
including:o Alcohol and drugs training be part of the driving test
o Increase the requirement in the planning regulations for security features e.g.
lighting for licensed premises
o Encourage insurance companies to provide house insurance discounts for security
features
o Reduce the duty on security equipment
o License all food and beverage servers
o Half way house for released prisoners
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Introduction
1. Government, elected representatives and citizens all recognise that the prevention of
crime is a national priority. The rights and freedoms in our Constitution are
compromised every time a citizen becomes a victim of crime. Not only does crime
affect individuals and businesses residing in the Cayman Islands, it also impacts upon
the reputation of these Islands as a safe tourism destination and place to do business.
It is recognised that Government cannot prevent crime on its own; it requires a
partnership with the various stakeholders and the community at large.
2. The RCIPS are there to uphold the law mainly by responding and reacting to those
that break it. However, more needs to be done to prevent people committing crimes in
the first place and to reduce recidivism (repeat offending). We need to more
effectively invest in the present in order to safeguard the future.
Background
3. Cognisant of the above, the National Security Council (NSC) agreed that a Crime
reduction Working Group should be established whose role would be to develop a
draft crime reduction strategy for the Council’s consideration. It should recommend
actions and suggest priorities for reducing crime at a strategic level; identify the
agencies that would be accountable for the implementation of the various
programmes; and set some target timelines.
4. A Group was established comprising five senior civil servants, including staff from
the Governor’s Office and the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs.
5. On 21 April 2010 the Governor sent a letter requesting that Chief Officers provide a
summary of any actions that their Ministries/Portfolios or partners were working on
which could have an impact on crime reduction/prevention. Chief Officers were also
asked to evaluate how successful the actions have been. Although information on
evaluation was not submitted in the various responses, details of 130+ programmes
were. The template under which the projects/actions were grouped was based on the
UK Home Office’s publication ‘Cutting Crime – A New Partnership.’ 1 Headings
were:
Early Intervention
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Situational Prevention
Cutting Crime – A New Partnership 2008-11 – Home Office
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Enforcement
Reduce Re-offending
6. This information was presented to the National Security Council on 1 July. The
response was one of surprise at the number of funded programmes in existence.
Specific concerns were:
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There appeared to be too many projects with resources spread over many
agencies, sometimes too thinly, with projects and departments having to compete
for funding. Based on volume, it is impossible for all these efforts to be effective.
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Given the total lack of information submitted on project evaluation, it was
impossible to assess how effective the individual programmes are.
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There need to be coordination between programmes, synergies need to be
exercised and efficiencies maximised.
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Strong views were expressed that a body/person with a coordination role could
result in more focused output/effort. It was time to put a unit together as a coordinating and accountable body to ensure that synergies are achieved. This might
possibly take the form of a ‘Tsar’ role, i.e. someone highly placed and with the
necessary clout; accountable, with clear objectives and cross-departmental
responsibilities to ensure joined-up government.
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There was a lack of information about non-governmental activities. Many NGOs
are funded by government, despite their purchase agreements, there is very little
information on how effective their programmes are in terms of outcomes.
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There is a huge desire in the private sector to help but they don’t know which area
or who to target. A central and coordinated policy for project delivery in
government is needed to provide a clearer focus for the private sector, facilitating
their involvement.
7. On 14 July 2010, the Governor wrote once again to Chief Officers requesting, inter
alia, details of resources devoted to each programme; how many people were being
targeted; and basically an analysis of how successful the programmes were.
8. As hardly any of the thirty recipients replied to the Governor’s letter, a follow-up
letter was sent by him on 20 August requesting the same information. Despite the
deadline being 10 September and chasers sent to all those who did not respond the
responses were incomplete.
9. Most agencies have not supplied the performance indicators of their various
programmes or their success rate. A spreadsheet incorporating a summary of all the
data received to date is attached at Annex B.
10. In a presentation to the NSC on 10 September, the Education Department explained
the aims of The BEST Model (Behaviour and Educational Support Team). It involves
identifying at risk youth and stresses the importance of inter-agency coordination and
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flexibility if these children (the likely criminals of tomorrow) are to be ‘treated’
effectively.
11. It was alarming to note the statistics of how the vast majority of boys released from
Bonaventure and other care programmes had ended up in the criminal justice system
and were in and out of prison. This was attributed largely to the lack of any
community-based follow-up/support programmes. The Education Department
believes it has a good grasp on the scale of the problem and an understanding of how
to effectively tackle it. However, a single agency cannot do it alone and the buy-in
and timely commitment of multiple agencies is essential. There is political support for
this but whether there is sufficient accountability in place to ensure the necessary
coordination and provision of services is debatable. Early intervention programmes
such as the BEST Model are the most efficient and cost-effective way to keep young
people out of prison.
Conclusions
12. There are too many programmes and indeed in certain areas, a duplication of efforts.
From comments received it appears that there is insufficient inter-agency coordination with the right hand not always knowing what the left is doing; and
potential synergies are clearly not being exploited. Given the amount of programmes
it is inevitable that the funding is being spread thinly and although perhaps these
resources are not being wasted, they could surely be spent more effectively.
13. An analogy for what we have at the moment is of a multitude of tools scattered all
over the place, with different people owning them and everybody using their own
tools to patch up a problem in their own way. To be more effective we need to better
understand what we have and why we have it; better organise and rationalise what we
have (do we really need 15 similar screwdrivers all belonging to different people?);
and ideally have all the tools kept together in one big toolbox owned principally or at
least coordinated by one person.
14. Effective evaluation is not being conducted, possibly because the evaluation data
simply does not exist. Consequently, there is no evidence that the objectives of the
programmes are being met and that CIG resources are being spent effectively. The
Government is not able to prioritise funding to its effective programmes or cut
ineffective programmes as there are no measures to indicate the success or failure.
15. The Government seems to be good at starting new programmes, without proper
success criteria, but is reluctant to close those down that are not producing the
required results.
16. As can be seen from the entities listed in Annex C there are numerous agencies
involved in crime reduction. We believe that greater coordination is needed; however,
much of the fragmented approach and duplication is of our own making by setting up
different organisational structures. We have set up organisations like the CAYS
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Foundation separate from the Department of Children and Family Services, but is
there a rationale for this split? Why is the Youth Services Unit in a separate Ministry
from the Department of Children and Family Services? Why is the Department of
Counselling Services running programmes that were previously run by the
Department of Children and Family Services and not providing essential services that
they receive budget dollars for, like drug and alcohol counselling for prisoners.
17. There are gaps in key areas of reducing re-offending (e.g. prison rehabilitation and
aftercare) and also in early intervention. On the latter, it is apparent from surveys
carried out by the NDC that experimentation with drugs is taking place at an early
age. Furthermore, studies 2 show that drugs play a significant role in a number of
crimes committed in the Cayman Islands. Despite this there is no consistent integrated
syllabus of drugs education within schools.
18. The alignment of current crime reduction activities/programmes with actions
proposed in the November 2007 Report of the Joint Task Force on Crime indicate that
several programmes currently being offered do indeed address the proposals made by
the Task Force. However, more importantly, a significant amount of work is yet to be
done on both early intervention programmes and programmes aimed at reducing reoffending.
19. Too many young persons have become trapped in the criminal justice system. In
February 2009, there were 14 young prisoners in Eagle House (located at HMP
Northward) and one young person. However, due to overcrowding 18 adults were also
placed in Eagle House at the time. HMCIPS defines a young prisoner as someone
aged 17-21 and a young person (juvenile) as someone aged under 17. As of 19
October 2010 there were 14 young prisoners, 3 juveniles and 20 adults housed in
Eagle House, and 4 female young prisoners and 1 juvenile in Fairbanks.
20. Over the years, many individuals have advocated for the building of a secure facility
where young people can receive education and therapy. Eagle House does not begin
to meet the needs of boys and for young girls there is no facility between home and
prison.
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Recommended Strategy
21. It is recommended that the main thrust of the Government’s crime reduction strategy
should be a focus on early intervention and re-offending. The key aspects of the
recommended strategy involve monitoring, evaluation, consolidation and
coordination.
22. There are many good ideas out there on planned, proposed or desired programmes to
help reduce crime, some of which were circulated to NSC members at an earlier
meeting (Annex A).
23. Some of the below recommendations concern operational matters where significant
issues need to be addressed, in particular relating to early intervention and reducing
re-offending – priority areas if crime is to be reduced. Other recommendations are
more strategic and relate to improving how we do things, not what we do, with the
aim of greater effectiveness. In this regard, R6 is the Group’s key recommendation.
Recommendations
R1: Evaluation
There is no evidence that anything but cursory evaluation of a programme’s effectiveness is
being carried out. This needs to change in order to understand and analyse whether a
particular programme is successfully meeting its objectives, whether it is value for money
and whether there is justification for repeat budgetary funding. In any contract, it should be
stipulated that regular evaluation will be undertaken to ensure that the programme meets and
continues to meet CIG objectives (which are spelt out), and that funding is contingent upon a
successful assessment. The system of purchase agreements with NGOs and Statutory
Authorities, that is part of the annual budget system, can be modified to add an effectiveness
component that can be reported against to ensure continued funding.
Why is this not happening? It could be that work within CIG is too closely correlated to
outputs with insufficient focus on outcomes. So achievement is based on doing something,
not necessarily on how well it was done. Greater and tighter focus on, and the measurement
of outcomes and objectives is required.
It could also be that the programme managers do not have the skills to evaluate projects. The
Civil Service College offers a 2.5 hour e-Learning Project Management course which should
be at least mandatory for all those involved with projects, and could perhaps be expanded.
At the very least a performance measurement procedure should be put in place for each of
these programmes, with clearly specified indicators of success to be measured against. Future
funding should be contingent upon (a) having one; and (b) evaluated performance.
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R2: Accountability
More responsibility needs to be taken by Chief Officers for the programme funding they are
allocated; as well as clear and transparent accountability within CIG for the programmes it
and its partners operate. Programmes should be linked to the personal objectives of
individuals managing/overseeing programme delivery, as well as to those of their superiors,
with the Chief Officer ultimately accountable. The existing performance management scheme
can be used to formalise this accountability down to an individual level for not only
programme delivery but also the achievement of the required outcomes.
R3: Transparency
There needs to be more transparency as to why funds are allocated to funding or assisting a
programme. This would enhance stakeholder communication and help to avoid duplication.
To ensure the public can monitor the effectiveness of those agencies involved in crime
reduction, timely up to date statistics should be published on crime and recidivism. The
police have published no crime statistics since August 2009.
R4: Consolidation
There are far too many programmes with resources being too thinly spread. Stock needs to be
taken, in what could be termed a zero based review, of what the overall objectives are and
how we could meet these more effectively. Instead of splitting $1m between five
organisations, would $5m for one organisation have a greater impact?
R5: Synergies
Synergy, in general, may be defined as two or more agents working together to produce a
result not obtainable by any of the agents independently. Basically a cohesive group is more
than the sum of its parts. It is evident from Annex G that there is a duplication of efforts and
resources and therefore the potential for synergy exists. This needs to be exploited. To do so,
one or all of three things is required:
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Better communication amongst those with responsibility for similar areas. For CIG to
more effectively deal with the causes of crime, we must move away from
protectionism (of patch and budget) and any silo mentality. The objectives must be
wider with individuals and departments working together to achieve them.
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Possible structural reorganisation uniting the departments with responsibility for
common areas, such as CAYS, the Department of Children and Family Services, the
Youth Services Unit and the Department of Counselling Services. An overall
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coordinator to be appointed with responsibility, inter alia, for exercising these
synergies. (See below).
R6: Coordination and Leadership
The need for greater accountability has already been covered, as has the need for clearer,
defined and measurable objectives. For the efforts to be successful, strong leadership is
required – not just top-down but also bottom-up from designated ‘champions’.
In paragraph 6 above, it is reported that NSC members were in favour of some body/person
having a role with government overseeing, coordinating and indeed directing the way
government funds are spent on programmes that directly or indirectly help to reduce crime. A
‘Tsar’ figure was suggested - someone highly placed and with the necessary clout;
accountable, with clear objectives and cross-departmental responsibilities to ensure joined up
government and value for money.
The initial remit of the Cabinet Office when it was set up was to coordinate policy of the
various Ministries and Portfolios. It is recommended that the established post of Director
Policy Co-ordination Unit in the Cabinet Office be filled partly for this purpose but also for
other cross departmental initiatives. A draft job description has now been agreed on by the
Cabinet Secretary and the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs
R7: Private Sector involvement
That an interlocutor is designated within CIG to both proactively and reactively communicate
with private sector companies informing them of (a) what the government priorities are; and
(b) a ‘Top 5’-list of specific areas where private sector contributions/involvement would be
most welcome. This job would naturally fall to the Director Policy Co-ordination Unit who
would be the most knowledgeable and well informed of all the programmes
R8: Early Intervention: At Risk Youth
The BEST Model, which appears to be a good model of interagency cooperation, is being
implemented this year. In addition, the programme does have performance measures built in
so ongoing monitoring of success is possible. One point of caution is that the programme
revolves around one individual at the moment - more support is required for this programme.
The BEST Model, where the focus is on early identification of at risk youth, and where there
is an attempt to form synergies for the benefit of the individual, is a good example of the
types of programmes needed.
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As was noted in the November 2007 Report of the Joint Task Force on Crime, “The
reduction of crime must be seen as a specific and independent goal. It must be seen as wider
than reducing the levels of crime reported. It must target youth and individuals and be
community based. Its central tenet must be early intervention and it must also be a long term
strategy.”
R9: Early Intervention: Consistency in drugs education
There needs to be a consistent and age appropriate syllabus of drugs and alcohol education
from the primary through to the secondary levels. This should be a mandatory part of the
curriculum. It is an accepted fact that one of the reasons many young persons begin to
experiment with alcohol and other drugs is due to a lack of knowledge of the potential
medical, psychological and criminal consequences of (abuse of) alcohol and other drug use. It
is recommended that the National Drug Council work together with the Ministry of
Education to review what is presently being taught and develop a comprehensive, integrated,
age appropriate curriculum.
R10: Reducing Reoffending: Prison related programmes
There is currently no drug and alcohol counselling being offered to prison inmates. This is
shocking as over 70% 3 of those incarcerated have a drug and or alcohol problem. Moreover,
the rehabilitation programmes have diminished significantly due to budget cuts. Sentence
planning which is at the heart of the rehabilitative process is not mandatory so prisoners can
leave the prison early on parole under license because of good behaviour as opposed to being
released on license following a comprehensive assessment of changes in attitudes and beliefs
following their participation in programmes like anger management, sexual offenders therapy
or addiction treatment. There is a need to review the laws relating to prisoner release to
provide incentives for parole so that released prisoners can be monitored and supported for
the whole duration of their sentence. It is suggested that the Prison Working Group address
these issues.
R11: Reducing Reoffending: Employment of Released Prisoners
If a prisoner, on release, has stable housing and a job, he is less likely to reoffend. On the
housing front, the Department of Children and Family Services assesses the needs of the
prisoner after he or she is released but this is often too late as the vulnerable period is the first
72 hours on the outside. On the job front, the Department of Employment Relations does not
assist prisoners until they are released. Both of these agencies need to be more proactive in
assisting prisoners before they are released. On the question of employment, the Government
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should perhaps take the lead and develop an “Ex Offenders Employment Policy”. It is
suggested that the Portfolio of the Civil Service take this on board.
R12: Strategy to remain live
This strategy document and Annex B should be reviewed, refreshed and updated on an
annual basis. It would make sense to do this prior to the Budget, say in July of each year. For
the sake of transparency and increasing awareness, consideration should also be given as to
how the information can be better communicated both internally and externally, and to what
extent.
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ANNEX A
PLANNED OR PROPOSED ACTIONS/PROGRAMMES
In this annex we look at actions or programmes that are either planned or have been
suggested by Government organisations or the private sector as things which might help
reduce crime. Again the information has been grouped thematically.
Early Intervention
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Substance abuse and misuse prevention, education and intervention programmes
available in the school system and actively provided in the community and prison
systems. Based on studies from the National Drug Counsel (NDC), statistics on DCR
clients with substance related matters, substance abuse in the Prison system and the
overall community concern, substance abuse prevention and intervention programmes
must be more readily available throughout the community.
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Healthy Relationship. Early intervention and education on life and coping skills, and
development and sex education. Such programmes may prevent the increase in
domestic violence, teenage pregnancy and abuse to name a few. Such programmes
may be considered within the educational system, prisons system and general
community.
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Intensive prevention and intervention programmes for children and families through
DCFS, as well as clubs, churches and other community based entities. Such
intervention may move potential offenders towards more positive community
activities.
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Home visitation programs. They involve trained workers – usually nurses, health
visitors or social workers – supporting, helping and sometimes training parents of
young children.
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Set up family therapy and parent training clinics. Family therapy and parent training
can help reduce future criminality because they can help parents respond more
constructively, use discipline less harshly and more consistently and avoid situations
which precipitate conflict. Using clinics for this training and therapy has been shown
to be successful.
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Government should implement a curriculum that will prepare our children for the
intellectual, emotional or social problems they will meet through life. School is
obviously one of the most important factors which influence the development of
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young people. We know educational failure and crime are inextricably linked. The
Government must:
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Provide help to parents of failing children.
Involve all the services that can play any part in providing support.
Tackle truancy and school exclusions.
Specially set out to change the behavior, knowledge, skills, attitudes, and
beliefs of the most difficult children.
Be more aggressive with parents whose children do not attend school.
Help parents with parenting skills and literacy problems.
Ensure all children are at least functionally literate when they leave school.
Teach conflict resolution and negotiating skills.
Involve parents as assistants to teachers.
Get the community involved in schools and the schools in the community.
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Alcohol and drugs training to be part of the driving test.
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There are no ongoing and consistent early intervention programmes as it relates to
substance/drug prevention and no ongoing prevention programmes in our
communities or in our schools. There needs to be prevention efforts which are
consistently offered for all school aged children throughout their school years from
Kindergarten to school leaving age. There is also a need for community based
prevention initiatives throughout the Cayman Islands.
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Support the outreach programme “Prison, Me No Way” with prisoners and police
officers addressing students in schools. Initially this will mean paying for flights and
accommodation for the trainers to come to Cayman to train our Government staff.
•
Assist efforts by police to identify kids who are “vulnerable” and help with remedial
action. This could include breakfast clubs to help develop reading skills.
•
Consider raising the drinking age to 21.
Situational Prevention
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Target hardening: This involves making crime more difficult to commit e.g. burglar
bars or alarms in houses, anti-robbery screens in banks.
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Controlling access to crime targets: e.g. effective control over entry to hotels, banks
encryption of messaging in e-commerce, pin numbers and passwords for withdrawing
money.
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Controlling crime facilitators: This involves diverting potential offenders from places
whereby a crime is made possible and/or easy e.g. licensing or banning weapons,
regulating vehicle number plate manufacture, passwords for mobile phones.
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Screening entrances and exits: This does not control access but highlights the fact that
the rules are not being observed e.g. intruder alarms at doorways, baggage screening
at the airport, electronic tags on goods in stores which activate when people try to
leave with the goods without paying, ID cards for public utility workers visiting
homes.
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Formal surveillance: E.g. CCTV in stores and main shopping areas in cities, traffic
speed cameras.
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Surveillance by employees: This involves the monitoring of people by those at work
as part of their function e.g. police patrol, internal audit, security guards in shopping
areas.
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Natural surveillance: E.g. designing houses using the concepts of defensible space so
that people are not isolated and have unobstructed views of their surroundings,
improved street lighting, control of limits to vision such as overgrown edges.
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Design and management of licensed premises, security, lighting, tougher penalties on
owners.
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Security marking of equipment.
•
Security of homes: One of the most effective ways to prevent property crime is to
make the property itself as secure as possible. Provide comprehensive advice on the
target hardening of homes, give duty concessions on security equipment and reduce
insurance premiums for secure housing.
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The NDC has proposed that the issue of liquor licensed establishments be reviewed
with the proposal to have all food and beverage servers licensed. Through training and
certification (licensing) it has been found in other jurisdictions to reduce the incidents
related to alcohol use including DUI’s.
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Close all nightclubs at 1.00am.
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Cash for guns programme.
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Radar coverage for the coastline of the Cayman Islands.
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Propose the creation of a Crime Reduction Advisor in the Planning Department:
Objective is to advise on designing out crime. Consider legislation to incorporate this
concept in the design of buildings.
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A warden scheme to work in tandem with Neighbourhood Watch is also worthy of
consideration and wardens would not require the training, or need to input so much
time, as members of the Police Specials. ACTION. Help to educate regarding
availability and then help establish.
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Provide support to Chamber of Commerce’s “Crime Tips” programme.
Enforcement
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Risk-based enforcement activities in the area of policing and border control:
o Review and strengthen trends and patterns for inspection and processing of
passengers.
o Enhance the use of the K-9 unit.
o Inspect 80 – 100% of air / sea cargo for compliance based on new scanning
equipment.
o Use specialize equipment and training for detecting currency and ensure
compliance with the money declaration law.
o Review and strengthen all border protection operational areas.
o To ensure that the new automated system (TRIPS) captures all activities and
provides reliable information for management and reporting purposes.
o Restructure departments and deploy more resources to enforcement sections.
o Creation of a Post Audit Unit to be combined with the Fraud Enforcement
Division.
o Creation of a Risk Analysis Team to be combined with the Intelligence Team.
o Creation of a Valuation Unit to be combined with the Cargo Processing
Section.
o To continue the corporation and information sharing with other law
enforcement agencies locally, regionally and internationally.
o Continue to be an active member of Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement
Council.
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o Maximize usage of the Regional Clearance System including the Sister
Islands.
o Continue to increase cooperation and information sharing between RCIPS and
CIEC911.
o Establish a single database accessible to RCIPS, Immigration, CIEC911 with
immigration status, warrants, probation/parole status, bail conditions, criminal
history information of persons known to the Cayman Islands criminal justice
system.
o Increase interaction with INTERPOL to identify movements of international
criminals.
o Training for RCIPS personnel on communications topics to enhance officer
safety and coordinate major incidents.
o Upgrade the Government’s trunked radio system to improve coverage and
reliability.
o Reorganize RCIPS by reducing specialization and increasing generalization
which ultimately will lead to more officers on the street for patrol and the
handling of dispatched calls for service.
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Remove all illegal immigrants from the Islands.
o Increase penalties for employers who do not report work permit holders that
do not have work.
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Public adverts for convicted criminals.
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House dangerous prisoners offshore.
o
Implement Alternative Sentencing Law 2006.
o Driving While Intoxicated Education Programme.
o Domestic Violence Court.
o Use wiretap evidence in court not just for intelligence.
o
Prosecution under anti-gang legislation.
o Change legislation necessary to stop the use of the Grand Court for trivial
matters thus speeding up the system for more serious cases.
o Implement a Sex Offenders Register.
•
Legislation needs to be continuously revised and updated to meet the increasingly
changing environment for example:
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o National Drug Council Law (2003 Revision). Specifically, (a) Consider
review of functions; (b) Mandate; and (c) Constitution.
o Alternative Sentencing Law (2008 Revision) (Note as at 25th November 2008,
this law had not been brought into force).
o Customs Law (2003 Revision) Customs (Prohibited Goods) Order (2003)
Revision.
o Labour Law (2007 Revision).
o Liquor Licensing Law (2000 Revision).
o TIPS Training and certification.
o Increased fees and penalties for non‐compliance.
o Mental Health Law (1997 Revision).
o Misuse of Drugs Law (1995 Revision) ‐‐ Misuse of Drugs ( Drug Trafficking
Offences).
o Misuse of Drugs (International Cooperation) (Amendment) Law, 2003.
o Misuse of Drugs Law (2000 Revision).
o Music and Dancing (Control) Law, 1977 (1995 Revision).
o Pharmacy Law 1991 (1999 Revision).
o Police Law (2006 Revision). (NDC).
•
Adopt and implement a new Police Act in Cayman.
•
Establish network of contacts and cross-border cooperation with the US DEA and
similar agencies in neighbouring countries.
•
Highlight the anti-gang provisions set out in Penal Code (2007 Revision) Supplement
No. 9 published with Gazette No. 16 of 6th August 2007.
•
Consideration of statutory time limits for post-charge remands in custody pending
trial.
•
Develop and implement guidance notes for the Judges to ensure consistent bail rulings
are made. Policy should include a weighting towards public safety over individual
rights in cases involving violent crime.
•
Reduce standards required to charge a suspect in cases of violent crime.
•
Increase resources for the prosecution team.
•
Have a high quality Office of the Direction of Public Prosecutions and modernize all
policies and procedures.
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•
Transfer serious cases more quickly to the Grand Court (rather than waiting for the
next ‘Grand Court Opening’).
•
Increase number of judges (including by appointment of deputy judges) and courts to
be able to accommodate the number of summary trials and Grand Court trials in the
list.
•
The administration of the management of cases needs to be reviewed and improved.
All cases, including murder, must be dealt with (charge to sentence) within 6 months,
and burglaries within 10 days. This includes putting in place measures to stop defence
lawyers dragging out the process with adjournments. This could take the form of
fining defence lawyers who seek to adjourn matters.
•
We suggest that the administration of the courts be transferred from the Chief Justice
to a professional court administrator.
•
More community service orders are perhaps appropriate for offences associated with
indolence/apathy/boredom and a lack of appreciation that with rights come
responsibilities. These orders would be appropriate for minor offences of violence or
disorder, some offences of dishonesty, and persistent soft drugs offenders where there
is no addiction. Requiring the offenders to undertake free work in the community as
part of a probation order achieves many sentencing aims: rehabilitation, reparation,
deterrence, and punishment (restriction of liberty). It also provides a value to the
community as opposed to the expense of incarceration. Employers should be
encouraged to participate in a program of offering work to those who perform well.
•
An Alternative Sentencing Law, which included a raft of constructive and positive
sentencing options has already been passed, but was never brought into force and
seems to be forgotten about. This should be remedied.
•
Set up “courage award” for kids who have done the right thing.
•
The re-creation of a fund to pay informants that give solid information that leads to
the detection and recovery of firearms, stolen property, illegal narcotic drugs, etc, is a
much better incentive and would have a higher success rate.
•
The “Put Drugs Out of Business” programme was very successful in the mid 1990s
when the Chamber invested about $25,000 and some $15 million worth of drugs and
firearms was recovered. Numerous persons were arrested and this led to further
arrests and seizures. A similar fund should be established.
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•
The Crime Stoppers/Tips have had a certain amount of success although the $1,000
reward limit is unrealistically low. Also, in many cases the information given is
difficult to turn into useful evidence that will be of use in a trial, thus the chances of
conviction are lowered considerably. An addition to this may be an improvement in
witness protection. This is always difficult in a small society, such as ours but, usually
if you can assure a witness' safety until the trial is over the threat is then removed.
Witness protection is very costly, but has been used effectively in this jurisdiction. A
fund should be established.
•
Implement a national ID programme and expand powers to impose a curfew.
ACTION. Review report on National ID completed by the last government and
implement.
•
Expand power of the Commissioner to impose a curfew for a given purpose and
limited time along the lines of section 60 of PACE.
Reduce Re-offending
•
Structured and consistent rehabilitative programmes in the prison system based on
client needs, risk assessments and presenting social issues.
•
Secured and structured residential programmes for persons with mental health illness
to enhance levels of functioning through supervised independent living, and to
provide secure management. Such a facility will only enhance the existing services
and resources and will also eliminate the use of housing such persons in the prison
system which is obviously inappropriate.
•
Transitional housing or half-way housing for adult offenders mainly leaving the
prison system to allow for a more successful transition into the community.
•
Intensive prevention and intervention programmes for children and families through
DCFS, as well as clubs, churches and other community based entities. Such
intervention may help break the recurring cycle of crime and move them towards
more positive community activities.
•
Multi-disciplinary approach towards high-risk offenders such as sex offenders,
offenders with grievous bodily harm, attempted murder or murder offensives, to name
a few.
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•
Creation of the skills database as an initial diagnostics for the skills level for each
offender as they come into the prison system. Skill levels classification can be done
based on the International Standard Classification of Education (UNESCO).
•
A complete psycho-socio-pedagogic characterization of each offender is done with
the objective of understanding their personalities and many other variables.
•
Create affinity groups. Those with common interests, motives and motivations should
be allowed to work together, this can also help them overcome the exclusion stigma
for example and create a good learning environment.
•
A quick survey instrument can be applied to empirically determine their career
inclination, this process of deciding what they may need to learn hence motivation can
be high.
•
From the list of the careers identified, planning of the didactic activities starts.
•
Inmates should be considered for education parole to study outside of the prison
depending on their risk level once approved by the Deputy Governor.
•
All courses related to the Inmates Sentence Plan should be mandatory.
•
For those who do not have the skills to live independently on release, a further level
of support is available through the re-integrative programs and/or living in self-care
units/half-way houses. These are scheduled for near the end of their period in prisons.
•
Deflecting offenders from targets: This involves diverting potential offenders from
places where they are likely to commit crime e.g. curfew orders for those who offend
mainly at particular times and places, immobilizing a car driver if driver has too much
alcohol.
•
Create a DER Outplacement Programme.
•
Restorative warning/conditional caution: To be used for minor offences committed by
youth. It is a different type of out-of-court punishment which was introduced in
England and Wales in 2003. This is a process, facilitated by trained officers that
involve the warning of an offender whilst addressing the impact on the victim and the
community. It is a caution with strings attached: To avoid prosecution, the offender
must agree to apologise to the victim, pay compensation or take part in a treatment
programme to tackle their offending behaviour. The victim will have the opportunity
to be informed of the outcome.
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•
Re-open the prison farm at Northward.
•
Funding for vocational training. Perhaps this could somehow be tied into the trade
schools above.
•
Co-ordinating with business owners as part of the parole programme discussed below
to provide employment for prisoners on release.
•
Review strategic plan and consider the privatisation of the prison system. It may be
that it would be appropriate to take a hybrid approach with Northward being
maintained for non-violent offenders and an arrangement being made with the private
sector in respect of the more violent or long-term prisoners.
•
There is a chronic need to place offenders in areas far removed from their original
home environment. While some of the figures above indicate offences unrelated to
drugs, it is widely assumed that drugs are the basis for most of the crimes, including
petty crimes. The concern is that if prisoners are released or under court order but
cannot secure employment, they will re-offend because they are living within an
environment of deprivation.
•
The Department of Employment Relations agrees strongly that this is a major factor
in the effort to stop repeat offenders and secure employment for them. There is a need
to extract the people from their current social environments and give those that are
willing to change a second chance.
•
The Department of Employment Relations has suggested the establishment of an 8-10
week programme for people who have criminal records – perhaps titled “Back to
Work” programme – and this could be run in conjunction with the Department of
Community Rehabilitation.
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ANNEX B
Category
–
SPREADSHEET OF PROGRAMMES
Programme / Action
Cost of
Programm
e
(CI$)
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Early Intervention
Early Intervention
Pre-sentencing intervention and supervision in
the community
391,257
Early Intervention
Healthy Relationship Programme
Early Intervention
Victim and Witness Support Programme
334,780
This is a new programme,
therefore numbers from
the last year is not a true
reflection of the overall
demands of this
programme.
Reduce ReOffending
Supervision of 300 persons on community
based court orders
411,849
Approximately 391
persons were supervised
on court orders in the
2009/10 year.
** See
below
Over 2000 reports were
provided to the Courts in
2009/10 budget year.
2 HR Groups were offered
during the 2009/10 budget
year. With approximately
25 persons enrolled for
each group.
26
Yes
Criteria for completion
is based on 75%
attendance and
participation.
18 persons met the
full criteria for
completion.
Yes
Yes
Consideration of
success is based
compliance and
response to treatment.
During the 2009/10
budget year 22
persons had to
return to court. 14
of the 22 were
based on noncompliance with
conditions of their
court order and 8
was due to new
offences.
Yes
Category
Programme / Action
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Reduce ReOffending
Domestic Violence Intervention Programme
See below
2 DV groups started in
January 2010. In each of
these groups were
approximately 23 persons
enrolled.
Group completion is
based on 28 out of 32
sessions attended,
participation and no
new offences.
During the 2009/10
budget year 14
persons completed
the programme.
Early Intervention
Temporary Housing Initiative (THI) Social
and Educational Activities for Clients’
Children
CI$1500pm
Ranged from 10-17 at any
time.
Behaviour change
(informal assessment).
While operational:
estimated 90%.
No
Early Intervention
Informal Counselling and Liaison Services for
THI adult clients
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Early Intervention
Counselling Services for Clients’ Children
Early Intervention
Outreach Training Programmes:
- Frances Bodden Girls Home;
Early Intervention
Early Intervention
- Bonaventure Boys Home;
- Young Parents Programme;
- Leading Edge High School;
- Caribbean Haven.
“Men of Standard” mentoring programme,
helping UCCI young men navigate the
challenges of a changing Caymanian society.
Hedge Funds Care Cayman:
- Primary School “Talking About
Touching” programme (Addressing
Child Abuse)
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Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Yes
Category
Programme / Action
Early Intervention
Hedge Funds Care Cayman
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Primary School “Second Step” programme
(Reduction of Violent Behaviour)
Early Intervention
Primary School “Connect for Kids”
programme (Life Skills)
Early Intervention
Secondary Level “Connect for Kids”
programme (Life Skills)
Early Intervention
“Prison! Me? No Way!!!” programme (drugs,
alcohol, anti-social behaviour choices)
Early Intervention
National Strategy for Behaviour for Learning:
First phase complete – 38 teachers trained as
“Specialist Leaders in Behaviour and
Attendance”
Second phase: Establish “Behaviour for
Learning Units” within the school
environment.
Early Intervention
“Special Educational Needs Code of Conduct”
established for referral of those children that
have more serious behavioural and emotional
disabilities.
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Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Category
Programme / Action
Early Intervention
Alternative Educational Centre provides
rehabilitative/remedial services to students that
cannot be in the school environment because
of their disruptive behaviour.
Early Intervention
Passport2 Success Programme, focused on
unemployed 16-19 year olds.
Early Intervention
Youth Movie Nights Programme – monthly
event at the West Bay Police Station.
Early Intervention
Training of the Cadet Corps- Development
Programmes.
Early Intervention
Recreational Programmes in conjunction with
Black-Pearl Skate Park
Early Intervention
Police officers stationed in schools.
Early Intervention
Below programmes delivered by private sector
with support of or funding from government:
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme;
Girls Brigade;
Savannah Seventh Day Adventist Gideon
Pathfinders / Adventurers;
Scouts Association;
Big Brother, Big Sisters;
Girl Guides;
West Bay SDA Church Lightbearers Club;
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Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Category
Programme / Action
Early Intervention
Below organisations enjoy the support of or
funding from government:
-
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
CI Football Association;
133,241
-
CI Rugby Club/Union;
34,200
-
CI Basketball Association;
34,200
-
CI Boxing Association;
12,825
-
CI Athletic Association;
34,200
-
CI Cricket Association;
34,200
-
CI Netball Association;
34,200
-
CI Sailing Club;
51,300
CI Swimming;
25,650
-
CI Olympic Committee;
-
Sports Association of the Sister Islands;
-
CI Marathon / Kelly Holding;
-
CI National Squash Association;
-
CI Equestrian Federation;
-
CI Special Olympics.
85,500
17,100
8,550
8,550
4,275
8,550
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Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Category
Programme / Action
Early Intervention
Miscellaneous programmes/activities
supported and/or funded by government and
delivered by:
-
Church of God (Bodden Town);
N
-
Church of God (Frank Sound);
O
-
Church of God (Town Hall);
T
-
Early Intervention
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
No method of tracking
No method of
tracking
Yes
Wesleyan Holiness Church (NS);
-
East End / Gun Bay Church;
S
-
John Gray Memorial Church;
P
Foundation;
Early Intervention
Cost of
Programm
e
Elmslie Memorial Church;
Stake Bay Baptist Youth Group;
Ebenezer Baptist Church;
Crossroads United Church;
St. Ignatius Church;
Countryside Church of God;
Future Sports Club;
The New Self-Help Community
E
C
I
F
I
E
D
East End Youth Committee
Cayman Against Substance Abuse (CASA)
Youth Services Unit
Youth Services Unit offers a limited number of
programmes (summer camps and Youth
Assembly) and its programmes do not cater to
in-depth education and training on drug
prevention.
Total
budget of
YSU. All
staff
involved 5.
100
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Category
Programme / Action
Early Intervention
Mentoring Cayman Programme
Early Intervention
National Drug Council – does not deliver
awareness/intervention programmes but acts as
an oversight monitoring body on drug related
issues.
Early Intervention
Cayman Islands Cadet Corps
Early Intervention
Drug Awareness Sessions at primary and
secondary schools
Early Intervention
Counselling youths with various issues at the
George Hicks and John Gray High Schools
supporting their “Boys to Men” programme.
Early Intervention
Individual, Couples, Family and Group
Therapy
Early Intervention
Driving Under the Influence Programme
Early Intervention
Residential Treatment Programmes (Male and
Female)
Early Intervention
Non-medical Detoxification Services
Cost of
Programm
e
$343,080
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
200 - Combination
between Cayman Brac and
Grand Cayman
Cadets remain in the
programme for a
minimum of 2 years
from their recruitment
to passing out and
continues in the
progressive Star Level
Training program and
pass star level exams.
% success rate
80%
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
YES
$743,907
Yes
$67,741
Yes
$1,015,043
$198,262
Yes
Yes
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Category
Programme / Action
Early Intervention
Public Awareness Initiatives (including gender
violence, drug and alcohol issues, teen
pregnancy prevention)
Early Intervention
Treatment Services to Participants in Drug
Rehabilitation Court
Early Intervention
Family Programmes (includes family skills
programmes/parenting workshops, services to
teen parents, family support groups)
Workshops and Presentations (topics such as
healthy relationships, owning up, and
fatherhood)
Early Intervention
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
$118,963
Yes
$174,804
Yes
$358,638
Yes
$204,075
Yes
$141,812
Yes
Early Intervention
Crisis Intervention and Victim Advocacy (also
includes Domestic Violence Intervention
training programme, Legal Be-frienders
service)
Early Intervention
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services to
Adolescents and Their Families
Early Intervention
Foster Care Programmes
$117,194
$440,630
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Early Intervention
Foster Care Programmes
$202,500
5 to 10
Early Intervention
Crisis intervention and shelter for victims of
domestic abuse and sexual assault and their
children (counselling, psycho-educational
support groups, education on life skills for
children)
$500,000
92 in 2009
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Yes
Yes
Yes - Govt
Grant to
NCVO
Yes $270,000
Govt Grant
from
CAG&H
Category
Programme / Action
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Situational
Prevention
Situational
Prevention
National Closed Circuit Television Programme
in conjunction with the Police and 911
Situational
Prevention
Surveillance cameras and security systems are
in place at all Customs locations.
Situational
Prevention
Security Programme including fencing and
controlled access
Situational
Prevention
Additional lighting installed at Customs
warehouse. Hedges separating parking lot of
premises to be trimmed lower.
Situational
Prevention
Improve lighting in known crime areas (In
conjunction with CUC)
Situational
Prevention
District Clean Up Programme- Removal of
overgrown bush
Situational
Prevention
Community Development Action Committee
tasked with:
Clean-up and beautification projects.
Situational
Prevention
Community Development Action Committee
tasked with:
Crime reduction Programme
Situational
Prevention
Crime reduction Seminars
Situational
Prevention
Crime reduction Workshops on Financial
Fraud
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Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Category
Programme / Action
Situational
Prevention
Neighbourhood Watch Schemes ( 14 at present
a further 8 to be added)
Situational
Prevention
Community Development Action Committee
tasked with:
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Neighbourhood Watch
Situational
Prevention
Community Development Action Committee
tasked with:
Youth, Elderly and Childrens’ Programmes
Situational
Prevention
Programme to restrict internet access
Enforcement
Enforcement
Joint operations with other law enforcement
agencies to identify offenders and reduce
immigration offenses and reduce associated
crime
Officers and
staff salaries
and other
departmenta
l costs
5-10 officers per operation
Number of persons
arrested and charged,
administrative fines
applied and deterrent
factor
Yes
Enforcement/Border
Control
Digital scanning of all travel entry and exit
documents to ensure integrity of data
Officers and
staff salaries
and other
departmenta
l costs
20-30 officers
Number of persons
found to be prohibited
immigrants and refused
landing
Yes
Enforcement/Border
Control
Document Fraud Detection process in place
Officers and
staff salaries
and other
departmenta
l costs
12-15 officers per shift
Number of detection of
fraudulent documents
and imposters
Yes
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Category
Programme / Action
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Yes
Enforcement/Border
Control
Greater cooperation between carriers and US
Government on advanced passenger
information
$44,700.00
Enforcement/Border
Control
Improved training of Immigration Officers in
investigative, restraint and arrest techniques
Officers and
staff salaries
and other
departmenta
l costs
15-20 officers
Proper use/application
of force (as per
training) and
compliance with
Humans Rights and
Departmental
policies/procedures
Reduced
complaints and
liabilty coupled
with increased
professionalism
Yes
Enforcement/Border
Control
Pre-clearance internet facility for all cruise
ship passengers to prevent prohibited
immigrants
Officers and
staff salaries
and other
departmenta
l costs
2-3 officers
Identification of
prohibited immigrants
arriving by cruise ships
Confirmation very
rare averaging 2
per year
Yes
Enforcement
National Identification Campaign (now part of
the E-Governance programme)
Enforcement
Clear Performance Targets:
- Reduce the total number of recorded crime
for the Islands by 5%
Ongoing
Increase of 8%
over the previous
year
Currently same as
previous year (5)
- Reduce the total number of murders by 20%
- Reduce the number of violent crimes by 10%
(-5% ) over
previous year
- Reduce the number of burglaries by 10%
(-10%) Over
previos year
Increase by 69 %
To be tabulated
- Reduce the number of robberies by 5%
- Increase overall crime detection rate by 10%
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- Increase the number of persons arrested for
offensive weapons by 25%
To be tabulated
- Increase the number of drug seizures by 25%
(-40%) over
previous year
- Increase the number of orders under the
proceeds of crime act and money laundering
legislation by 25%.
To be tabulated
Category
Programme / Action
Enforcement
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
Tasking and coordination process for all
District Commanders to discuss trends and
island wide issues.
District Commanders and
departmental heads appox.
(12) participants
Fort nightly meetings to
review and set new
targets
Enforcement
Monthly multi -agency forum for all local
enforcement agencies.
Six participants at
strategigic level
Monthly meetings 7
completed target
packages
Enforcement
Audit and inspection process established to
review performance of the justice system for
the victim and offender.
No programme in place
Enforcement
Weekly intelligence bulletin
Service wide circulation
with together with other
enforcement agencies
Enforcement
Monitor drug/firearm and revenue fraud
activities via their:
Narcotics Enforcement Team
Intelligence Unit
Cost of
Programm
e
% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
There are currently 5
officers in the CNET
Provide adequate
support to border
control units at the
airport and seaport..
65%
Ongoing
There are currently 2
officers in this Unit
The effective
management of the
collection, collation,
analysis of information.
75%
Ongoing
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Enforcement
Fraud Enforcement Division
There are currently 4
officers in CFED
Preventive Unit
There are currently 5
officers in the P & I Unit
Control the movement of prohibited and
restricted goods from entering CI via the
Border Control Units at seaport and airport and
Joint Marine Unit.
There are currently 40
officers stationed at
Border Control.
Recent action: installation of X-Ray Scanner at
airport.
Selected baggage.
Based on
information/intelligence
received and risk
analysis. Conduct
investigations in
relation to suspected
revenue fraud on
imported goods.
Inspection of imported
and exported
containerized or loose
cargo via air and sea for
compliance.
Examination of
passengers, crew,
baggage and arriving
aircrafts/vessels at the
airport and seaport.
Based on
information/intelligence
received and profiling.
75%
Ongoing
5%-10%
Ongoing
15%
Ongoing
25%
No
This programme is
too new to
determine success
rates.
Yes
Reduce
Re-Offending
Reduce ReOffending
Mental Health Court Pilot Programme
See below
Reduce ReOffending
“Time To Change” Constructs Programme for
Prisoners
See below
As of July 2010, 34
persons were being
supervised by DCR under
the MH Pilot Programme.
Focus is placed on
compliance with MH
treatment and compliance
with supervision.
Due to changes and
training in the programme
this service was not
provided in the
community during the
2009/10 budget year.
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The requirement is
based on attendance to
Court and whatever
conditions instructed by
the Court.
Yes
Category
Programme / Action
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
Reduce ReOffending
Parole Support Programme for parolees and
families
See below
12-15 parole participants
per month depending on
the number of persons on
licence and circumstances
of the individual.
Parolees are required to
attend monthly unless
excusable reasons
recorded by PO, such as
illness, employment
responsibilities, etc.
Reduce ReOffending
Anger Management Programme
See below
During the 2009/10
budget year 3 AM Groups
were offered. With an
average of 13 persons per
group.
Completion of AM
group is based on 80%
attendance, and
participation.
Reduce ReOffending
Parole Orientation Programme
See below
Participant numbers varies
depending on persons
eligible for consideration.
This is based on general
information relating to
parole and therefore
attendance is the main
expectation at this time.
Reduce ReOffending
Supervision of 300 persons on Community
based Court Orders
Reduce ReOffending
Domestic Violence Intervention Programme
Reduce ReOffending
Mental Health Court Pilot Programme
Reduce ReOffending
“Time To Change” Constructs Programme for
Prisoners
Reduce ReOffending
Parole Support Programme for parolees and
families
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% success rate
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Yes
Out of these groups
13 persons
completed all
aspects of the
requirement.
Yes
Yes
Category
Programme / Action
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
Reduce ReOffending
Anger Management Programme
Reduce ReOffending
Parole Orientation Programme
$478,271 in
FY10/11
Average 12-15 clients per
month on the programme
during last 6 months of
FY09/10
Number of clients
compliant with
Electronic Monitoring
Programme.
67% during
FY09/10 (out of 21
distinct clients on
the programme, 14
were compliant but
7 were noncompliant leading
to re-arrest or being
remanded)
Reduce ReOffending
Sentence Planning
In-House
50% of population, but
80% of sentenced
prisoners
Reduce
Re-Offending
Sexual Offenders Programme
Reduce
Re-Offending
Violent Offenders Programme
Not yet in place - awaiting approval of program from Correctional Services in Canada
Reduce ReOffending
Basic Literacy and Numeracy Programme
In-House
Reduce
Re-Offending
Substance Misuse Programme
In-House
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Funded
55%
30% of population with
sexual related charge
75%
Funded
56, AGES 15-66
Output should be
delivered by Counselling
Services, but has been
stopped.
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50%
Category
Programme / Action
Reduce ReOffending
Outreach Training Programme: “Preparation
for the World of Work for Offenders “ at:
Reduce ReOffending
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
There is no
separate
budge item
for the
admin of
this
programme.
Estimates in the hundreds.
Data could be extracted
from judicial database to
confirm the number of
such orders made per
anumn.
Offenders continue in
employment (meeting
obligations to their
families) while serving
sentences for relevant
offences
(unquantifiable benefit).
To be estimated
based on data from
courts and Dept. of
Community
Rehabilitation
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
- Northward Prison
- Fairbanks
- Eagle House
- Drug Court
Active Northward Training Scheme (ANTS)
Reduce ReOffending
Pride Programme
Reduce ReOffending
Reduce ReOffending
Reduce ReOffending
Youth Services Unit(Various initiatives)
Cayman Islands Cadet Corps(Various
initiatives)
Community Service and Probation Orders
These are now well established alternatives to
incarceration, which are based on the
restorative justice philosophy. The courts
collaborate with the Department of Children
and Family Services to effect these orders.
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Yes
Category
Programme / Action
Reduce ReOffending
Mental Health Court Pilot Programme
Reduce ReOffending
Reduce ReOffending
This is an informal court, in which offenders
with mental health issues are managed
therapeutically by mental health professionals,
social workers, and other health care
professionals. Borrowing from the drug court
model, judicial supervision guides the
collaborative approach. This approach needs
to be formalised as a specialised court in order
to provide the necessary legislative framework,
which includes rules and regulations to support
the Mental Health Law.
Domestic Violence Court
Informal programme operating in the
Summary Court jurisdiction. Adopted practice
of referring relevant case to the DV
programme (32 weeks) as a condition of bail.
Judicial supervision similar to drug court
model. Partner agencies include Dept. of
Community Rehabilitation and Dept. of
Counselling Services. Amendments to
legislation may need to be considered to
formalise this approach.
Family Court
A dedicated court to deal with cases that
involve child welfare and family matters.
Inter-agency cooperation will be critical to
ensuring the success of this progamme.
Essential elements should include:
• individual and family counseling
• mediation
• early and consistent intervention
• judicial supervision
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
There is no
separate
budget item
for the
admin of
this
programme.
While no formal data is
available, there are
approximately 15
offenders being
supervised by the court at
this time.
Suitable criteria needs
to be developed based
on the expectations of
the programme.
Not available.
Anecdotal evidence
suggests that the
expected outcomes
are being realised
in the majority of
cases that have
adopted this
approach.
No
There is no
separate
budget item
for the
admin of
this
programme.
DV programme
established in Sept. 2004
and as of December 2009
162 offenders had
participated. Of these, 62
were successful in
completing the
programme.
Definition of success is
not limited to number
of participants
completing the
programme. Success
includes the improved
quality of life for
offenders and their
families.
According to data
provided 38%
successfully
complete the
programme.
No
An estimate
of the cost
would have
to be
determined.
This would be determined
by reviewing court
statistics
To be determined
To be determined
No
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Consolidating
legislation will be
required to bring other
legislation eg Children's
Law to bear on Family
Court matters.
Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
Category
Programme / Action
Reduce ReOffending
Therapeutic Community for Youth :
Cost of
Programm
e
Coverage (Number of
Participants) & Age
Range
Performance
Indicator
% success rate
This programme has not been implemented as yet. Hence, the Ministry cannot provide
information on number of participants, success criteria/rate. The CAYS Foundation who
will operate this programme has a budget of $2.4 million but please note that these funds
will cover overhead and personnel expenses in addition to the programming components.
- Psycho-Educational Programmes;
- Individual and Family Therapy;
- Pet Therapy;
- Horticulture;
-Recreational Therapy;
- Social Skills;
- Spiritual Development.
Reduce ReOffending
Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility
The Ministry is currently in the planning phase of this initiative. In the 2010/11 budget
year, $2 million has been allocated to assist with the development of youth facilities.
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Status (
Funded in
2010/11 Yes or No)
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