__NOTOC__ Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre was built to accommodate 40 girls.Project 2005
, Sashane McDonald, Miss Jamaica Festival Queen. It is operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security. On 22 May 2009 a fire went through the facility, killing 5 girls and injuring 13 girls. The 45 surviving prisoners, who were aged 13 to 16, were temporarily placed in the Stony Hill Heart Academy in St. Andrew Parish and the Horizon Remand Centre in west Kingston.

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ordered the closure of the burned Armadale facility. Government investigations showed that the incident occurred after a Jamaican Police officer set the place on fire after having been rejected by a young teen girl he had tried to lure into sexual relations with him. The replacement facility is located in

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near

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in Manchester Parish.Armadale girls get fresh start - New home at Diamond Crest, Manchester

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The Gleaner ''The Gleaner'' is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica. Originally called the ''Daily Gleaner'', the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to ' ...

''. Sunday 31 May 2009. Retrieved on March 31, 2015.

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. '' Gleaner Company, The Gleaner''. Thursday 28 May 2009. Prisons in Jamaica Buildings and structures in Manchester Parish {{Jamaica-struct-stub

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