Jamaican awarded $3.1m in damages over unlawful detention by police – -Judge says state must do better in relation to incarceration of persons

Jamaican national, Sandra Russell, has been awarded damages in the sum of $3.1 million dollars against the State for unlawfully detaining and breaching her constitutional rights after she was kept at the East La Penitence Police Station for almost eight months without charge after serving a sentence for narcotic possession.

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