Against the backdrop of a noticeable increase in crimes and continued concerns at the many shortfalls in the court system, 75 police officers and state prosecutors have begun training under a Canadian-funded project intended to improve conviction rates.
Four training programmes are presently underway under the ‘Strengthening the Criminal Justice System in Guyana’ project, which is being implemented over the next two years by Canadian non-governmental organisation the Justice Education Society (JES) at a cost of Cdn$750,000 ($106 million).
The project, which is Canada’s largest bilateral project with Guyana, is being funded by the Government of Canada through its Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP). It will end in May, 2017, when it is hoped at
