Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Jamaica (Ratification: 1962)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Jamaica (Ratification: 2017)

The Committee takes note of the Correctional Institution (Adult Correction Centre) Rules of 1991, a copy of which was supplied by the Government.

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that section 155(2) of the above Rules reproduces the provisions of section 228(2) of the Rules of 1947 governing employment in prisons, and provides that no inmate shall be employed in the service of, or for the private benefit of, any person, except with the authority of the Commissioner, or in pursuance of special rules.

The Committee refers to paragraphs 97 to 101 of its General Survey of 1979 on the abolition of forced labour, and is bound to repeat its request to the Government to provide the special rules governing this matter and to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that prisoners are not hired to or placed at the disposal of private individuals, companies, or associations unless such employment is accepted voluntarily by the persons concerned, in which case there will be certain guarantees as regards the payment of wages, etc.