THE HIGH Court judge has awarded a woman $400,000 in constitutional and vindicatory damages after finding that the State had unlawfully detained her in the Adult Women’s Prison at Golden Grove, Arouca, when she was 14 years old.

In a decision delivered on May 21, Justice Nadia Kangaloo ruled that the claimant’s detention between June 26 and August 6, 2014, breached her constitutional rights.

The claimant, Kylise Romain, brought the constitutional motion against the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago after she was detained at the prison under the “beyond control” provisions of the Children Act.