Rondel Fonrose

300 Community Centres: Trinidad and Tobago's Untapped Crime Prevention Asset Crime Prevention  •  Community Development  •  Public Safety Policy Policy & Crime Prevention  •  Trinidad and Tobago  •  2025 300 Community Centres: Trinidad and Tobago's Most Underutilised Crime Prevention Asset A record 608 murders in 2024. Gangs behind nearly half of all homicides. The solution is not more police. It starts inside buildings the government already owns. 2025 10 min read Upstream Prevention Trinidad and Tobago cannot arrest its way out of a crime crisis rooted in poverty, unemployment, and broken neighborhoods. Reducing violence demands more than patrol cars and curfews. It demands a clear look at the structural forces shaping lives long before a trigger is p...

Beyond Bars: Recidivism as a Public Health Crisis Public Health  •  Criminal Justice Reform  •  Community Equity Policy & Public Health Beyond Bars: Recidivism Is a Public Health Crisis Reducing reoffending demands more than tougher supervision. It demands a clear look at the structural forces shaping lives long before and long after incarceration. February 2026 8 min read Reentry & Reform Reducing recidivism requires more than supervision strategies or punitive reforms. It requires understanding how social determinants of health shape outcomes long before and long after incarceration. Individuals returning from correctional settings often reenter communities facing housing instability, unemployment, limited health care access, and fragmented social support. These structural barriers...