Mom detained for online post targeting Kamla says she ‘learned her lesson’

2026-02-01 - 03:19

Senior Investigative Reporter shaliza.hassanali@guardian.co.tt Olive Green-Jack, who was detained for 81 days under the State of Emergency (SoE) for her social media post calling on Venezuela to attack the Prime Minister at her private residence in South Trinidad, says she has learnt her lesson. “If I had guidance, that statement would have never made social media,” Green-Jack told the Sunday Guardian yesterday, at her Petit Valley home, shortly after her release from the Women’s Prison in Arouca. It was her first time that the 44-year-old woman was imprisoned. Up to the time of her release, her three children had not seen her, as they were at work and out. During the almost three months Green-Jack spent in jail, her husband Cliff Green stood at her side. She was one of 117 detainees under the SoE who were released from prison between Friday and yesterday, after the SoE came to an end on January 31. Green-Jack was not charged after her release. A detention order, which was signed on November 12, stated that Green-Jack “made and published public posts and/or comments on social media addressed to the Venezuelan Government in an attempt to influence public opinion in a manner likely to be prejudicial to public safety.” The order added that