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Haiti - Justice : More than 50 prisoners released, the OPC concerned
04/04/2020 10:02:34

Following the release of more than 50 prisoners from Croix-des-Bouquet Prison, as part of the new measures adopted by the authorities to provide urgent responses to prolonged pretrial detention faced a possible spread of Covid-19 in the country's prisons, the Office for the Protection of the Citizen (OPC) surprised to have learned in the media without having been officially informed of it "[…] That more than fifty people imprisoned at the Prison de Croix-des-Bouquets were released under the orders of the Prosecutor's Office of the Jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance of Croix-des-Bouquets" specifies the OPC in its correspondence addressed to the Penitentiary Administration

It asks the Direction of the Penitentiary Administration, as soon as possible "[...] kindly to pass instructions [...] so that the list is communicated to him [...] having to include the name, first name date of nut, heads charges, date and reason for release," of all released prisoners...

To be continued...

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30407-haiti-justice-towards-the-release-of-detainees-to-decongest-the-prisons.html

PI/ HaitiLibre