Hibiscus
Jamaica The Female Prisoner’s Welfare Project–Hibiscus
Jamaica Ltd was established in 1993. Its mandate is to provide
the United Kingdom Judicial System with information regarding
the socio–economic status of Jamaican women incarcerated
for drug trafficking offences. The Agency also supports the resettlement,
reintegration and rehabilitation of the women upon their return
to the Jamaica.
FPWP-Hibiscus Jamaica also provides on-going assistance to the
children of imprisoned women to minimize the social, psychological
and physical impact of the incarceration of their mothers serving
time in prisons in the United Kingdom for drug and other offences.
Hibiscus assists them by attending to their emotional, physical,
psychological and educational needs as well as their general welfare.
FPWP-Hibiscus Jamaica Ltd currently has 310 women and 425 children
in the programme.
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