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Criminal Justice systems needs to control Government officials, police misconduct – Report
Criminal justice systems need to control not only the official misconduct of police, but also of all other types of Government officials, including its own officials, according to Caribbean Human Development report 2012.
It was noted that perceived corruption levels vary widely throughout the Caribbean. One of the most well known measures of corruption is Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which ranks countries according to perception of corruption in the public sector. 
The CPI is an aggregate indicator that combines different sources of information about corruption, making it possible to compare countries.
According to the Corruption Perceptions Index, Guyana ranks 134 in 183 countries. (Larger numbers indicate greater corruption.) Citizens appear to be well aware of this problem. The Guyana country report for the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom concludes that “there is extensive corruption at every level of law enforcement and government.”
Given some of the perceived high levels of corruption within the region, what steps are nations taking to respond to corruption, strengthen regulations and provide over-sight?, the report questioned.
Some nations have chosen to increase transparency by requiring public officials to disclose financial assets. Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and Suriname are the Caribbean countries that do not have such disclosure laws.
While Guyana and Jamaica have relevant laws, the report says that questions remain about the extent to which the laws are carefully and regularly enforced. In Guyana, the newly established Transparency Institute (Guyana) “hopes to raise awareness of the many faces of corruption, its causes and consequences resulting in a society diminished of resources, unable to provide its citizens with functioning institutions and a decent standard of living.”
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