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Haïti : 145 prisonnières s’évadent d’une prison
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Haïti: presos del país afrontan inanición y muerte
Los decesos más recientes ocurrieron en los primeros dos días de septiembre en la prisión de Jacmel, al sur de Haití, donde se reportó la muerte de cuatro internos. Es muy probable que su muerte se hubiera debido a malnutrición, problemas respiratorios o inanición, según el diario haitiano Le Nouve…Source — Insight Crime
Haiti: prisoners face starvation and death
The most recent reports came in early September when four inmates were reported dead within two days at Jacmel prison in southern Haiti. They most likely died from malnutrition, respiratory difficulties, and starvation, according to the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste. But it is likely that a numb…Source — InSight Crime
Haïti : aggravation des conditions de détentions, 97 détenus ont trouvé la mort.
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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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Haïti : "Les droits des détenus ne sont pas respectés" estime l'OCNH
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Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février
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Haití: sangrienta fuga de una cárcel, se escaparon 400 presos y hay 25 muertos
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Haiti: mutiny over cooking charcoal in Haiti prison led to gang rapes, human-rights groups say
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.Source — Miami Herald
Haiti: reclusos corren riesgo de morir de hambre debido a la crisis
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Haiti: des détenus pourraient "mourir de faim", faute de nourriture dans les prisons
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Haiti : dicey prison conditions made worse by crisis
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.
Haiti: all inmates escape from Aquin
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…Source — Le Dauphiné
Este año han muerto 118 presos en las cárceles de Haití por hacinamiento
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Listin Diario
Informe propone ofrecer asistencia jurídica para reducir hacinamiento en cárceles de Haití
CThis article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Insight Crime
Aspen nonprofit arranges meals for starving prison inmates in Haiti
Haiti Children working with other nonprofits, and Haitians to feed 4,200 prisoners living in dismal conditionsSource — The Denver Post
Haïti : à Port-au-Prince, les cachots de la faim
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Monde
Une Québécoise dans l’enfer d’une prison haïtienne
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91% des détenus, privés "illégalement" de liberté à la prison centrale en Haïti, déplore l’expert indépendant de l’ONU Gustavo Gallón
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — AlterPresse
Mass funeral held for 20 Haitians who died in dismal prison
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.Source — Associated Press
Haiti : 'this is hell'. Inside Haitian jail where prisoners starve to death and defecate on floors of overcrowded cells
Dozens of emaciated men with sunken cheeks and protruding ribs lie silently in an infirmary at Haiti’s largest prison, most too weak to stand. The corpse of an inmate who died miserably of malnutrition is shrouded beneath a plastic tarp.Source — Mail Online
Haiti : 3 prisonniers meurent de faim dans la prison des Cayes
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Ici Haïti
Haïti : le RNDDH dénombre, en 1 an, 71 morts au pénitencier national
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Nouvelliste
Haïti : Détention préventive prolongée avec "plus de personnes non encore jugées que de condamnées ", affirme Jean Danton Léger
*This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — le Nouvelliste