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Court awards millions of dollars in compensation for jailed children

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 2, CMC – A High Court judge Friday awarded more than three million dollars (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) in compensation to a brother and sister after ruling that their constitutional rights had been violated when they were unlawfully detained in adult prison facilities while still minors.

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