The purpose of this project is to establish and make operational a sustainable Radio Station and Community Multimedia Centre at the Youth Training Centre to service the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Community in recognition that they are a special needs, high risk community of over 4000 members, and therefore to increase the diversity of media and impact positively on Press Freedom. The Trinidad Youth Council is also motivated by the empirical findings of Ito and DiClemente, showing the benefits of engaging Youth in learning processes that involve the use of Digital Media and its implication for promoting a sense of civic engagement that can lead youth away from a life of crime and violence. TYC is engaged in ongoing dialogue with the Ministry of the People and Social Development with a view to pursuing a partnership on the project. The policies of the People’s Partnership Government also favour the move away from retributive justice to restorative justice.
 
The developmental priority is to govern effectively and to provide for the transformation of the prison system. Actions to achieve this priority are presently underway. It was anticipated that this new restorative justice model would impact positively on neutralizing recidivism and re-offending, thereby creating a climate of stability and prediction as they relate to crime control or prevention and reduction.