Christmas Time as a Child in Jamaica

As a child, Christmas, even December, seemed to take a long time to come around but when it did, what joy! I remember the weeks leading up to Christmas Day, my brothers and I would wash and put to dry all the available empty D&G and Red Stripe beer bottles so that when the truck […]

British-Jamaican Lawyer Who Trains African Prisoners How to Defend Themselves in Court Featured on “60 Minutes”

British-Jamaican lawyer Alexander McLean, the founder of Justice Defenders, an organization that provides legal counsel and education to men and women in prison in Africa, was featured on the television news program “60 Minutes” on December 20, 2020. McLean, 35, is from South London and established the organization to provide programs that allow inmates incarcerated […]