Jamaicans ignore Anti-Gang In Schools Week at our peril
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November 12, 2026
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Every school day, typically over 400,000 students pass through Jamaica’s 1,010 public primary and secondary school gates to seek an education that would hopefully lead to a better quality of life in adulthood.
But anecdotal evidence suggests that a great many of those students fall prey to gangs which treat schools as fertile grounds for recruitment, with varying levels of success.
In the first quarter of 2025, police identified 85 active gangs across Jamaica, showing there is no shortage of opportunities to lure new recruits.
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