Two former wards of the Government Industrial School (GIS) are in line to receive more than $200 000 combined in damages. Former acting High Court Judge Westmin James, who presided over the matter, also ruled that part of Section 14 of the Reformatory and Industrial School Act was unconstitutional and should be struck from the Laws of Barbados. The two teenage claimants, known as “AB” and “CD”, respectively, spent a …
Two former female wards of the Government Industrial School (GIS) have been granted a combined $210,000 in damages for breaches to their constitutional rights. Additionally, the section of the law under which they were charged and incarcerated for ‘wandering’ was struck down as unconstitutional.This was contained in a 37-page ruling delivered on Tuesday by High Court Justice Westmin James. The girls, identified only as A.B. and C.D. because they are minors, had filed an application in 2022 through their attorney seeking redress for a contravention of their fundamental rights and freedoms while in the State’s care at the juvenile reform school.“This case raises extremely important issues, namely whether the continued criminalisation of children and their detention pursuant to Section 14 (1) b of the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act Cap 169 of the Laws of Barbados for the offence of ‘wandering’ is consistent with the Constitution of Barbados,” the judge stated.“It a
The Government Industrial School (GIS) is transitioning to provide a structured education component for wards. And the donation of cosmetology equipment by the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Women’s League is but a first step in putting those opportunities in place so the girls can make a smooth transition back into society with marketable skills. “You are not here because you want to be here… but while you are under our …
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High Court Judge, Justice Carlisle Greaves, is calling for the establishment of a remedial school to stamp out some of the deviant behavior among children. But, he does not want it in the vein of the Government Industrial School or even the former Alma Parris Memorial School. Speaking recently during the sentencing of three young people in the No. 3 Supreme Court – all of whom were troubled from a …