University of West Indies & U.S.A.I.D. Administration of Justice Project Underway

A criminal justice improvement (CJI) project has been started between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the University of the West Indies, and several governments of the Commonwealth Caribbean.  The project has been funded in the amount of $10 million over the next five years.  The Regional Development Office/Caribbean (RDO/C) of USAID will receive $7.8 million, with an additional $2.2 million being earmarked specifically for Jamaica.