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March 14, 2024

Haiti: national prison on fire as chaos continues

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Central America and the Caribbean Facilities Violence Haiti

Haiti’s national penitentiary is on fire after a blaze broke out in the building on Thursday morning, according to Reuters. A video posted to social media reportedly showed black smoke coming out of the facility.

March 4, 2024

Haiti: double jailbreak allows thousands of prisoners to escape

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Haiti

Haiti has declared a three-day state of emergency and a night-time curfew after armed gangs stormed the country’s two biggest jails, allowing more than 3 000 prisoners to escape.

June 12, 2023

Haiti: "inhumane conditions" in jail says Rights Group

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Haiti

Human rights group, RNDDH, is concerned that police reliance on makeshift prisons amid insecurity and a crippled judicial system, makes for “inhumane, degrading conditions in overcrowded cells”. The group reported after visiting six police stations in Haiti’s Ouest Department. They recommend urging…

September 30, 2022

Haïti : 145 prisonnières s’évadent d’une prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Haiti

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September 21, 2022

Haïti: presos del país afrontan inanición y muerte

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Central America and the Caribbean Mental health Haiti

Cientos de privados de la libertad han muerto en las prisiones de Haití en los últimos meses debido a que los centros penitenciarios de ese país están carcomidos por la corrupción, la violencia de pandillas y los malos manejos

September 20, 2022

Haiti: prisoners face starvation and death

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Haiti

Scores of prisoners in Haiti’s penitentiaries have died this year as the country’s penal institutions have been gutted by corruption, gang violence, and mismanagement.

September 5, 2022

Haïti : aggravation des conditions de détentions, 97 détenus ont trouvé la mort.

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Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Haiti

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May 31, 2022

Haiti : Dossier Jovenel – Ariel Henry chercherait-il à laisser les 18 prisonniers colombiens mourir de faim avant même qu’un verdict soit rendu ?

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Haiti

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May 31, 2022

Haïti : "Les droits des détenus ne sont pas respectés" estime l'OCNH

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Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Material conditions Haiti

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March 19, 2021

Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Protest Violence Haiti

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March 17, 2021

Haití: sangrienta fuga de una cárcel, se escaparon 400 presos y hay 25 muertos

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Overcrowding Violence Haiti

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November 22, 2019

Haiti: mutiny over cooking charcoal in Haiti prison led to gang rapes, human-rights groups say

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Haiti

It started around noon, when male detainees inside a prison for men and women north of Haiti’s capital heard there was no charcoal or propane gas to cook their food, and began violently protesting prison conditions and attempting to escape.

November 7, 2019

Haiti: reclusos corren riesgo de morir de hambre debido a la crisis

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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November 1, 2019

Haiti: des détenus pourraient "mourir de faim", faute de nourriture dans les prisons

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Haiti

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October 21, 2019

Haiti : dicey prison conditions made worse by crisis

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Haiti

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - With protests rocking the streets, some prison authorities in Haiti have confined inmates to cells that lack showers or toilets, in a country where most detainees are stuck awaiting trial for months or even years.

February 12, 2019

Haiti: all inmates escape from Aquin

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

All 78 inmates of a prison in southern Haiti have escaped from captivity, according to the country’s police. The detainees reportedly made their escape from Aquin prison while police were distracted by anti-government protests nearby Haiti’s national police force said it has launched an investigati…

October 31, 2018

Este año han muerto 118 presos en las cárceles de Haití por hacinamiento

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Haiti

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June 12, 2017

Forgotten prisoners

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Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Health Material conditions Overcrowding Haiti

Prisoners are waiting. Most of them will never be judged because their files are missing. Many will die. Seyi Rhodes is a journalist. He comments some pictures he has shot.

May 8, 2017

Informe propone ofrecer asistencia jurídica para reducir hacinamiento en cárceles de Haití

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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April 19, 2017

Aspen nonprofit arranges meals for starving prison inmates in Haiti

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Central America and the Caribbean Health Material conditions Haiti

Haiti Children working with other nonprofits, and Haitians to feed 4,200 prisoners living in dismal conditions

March 29, 2017

Haïti : à Port-au-Prince, les cachots de la faim

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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March 25, 2017

Une Québécoise dans l’enfer d’une prison haïtienne

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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March 13, 2017

91% des détenus, privés "illégalement" de liberté à la prison centrale en Haïti, déplore l’expert indépendant de l’ONU Gustavo Gallón

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Central America and the Caribbean Asia Haiti

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February 22, 2017

Mass funeral held for 20 Haitians who died in dismal prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

Relatives wailed in grief or stared stoically as flowers were placed on 20 caskets at a mass funeral Tuesday for the latest group of inmates who died miserably in Haiti’s largest prison, most without ever having been convicted of any crime.