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Haiti - Justice : Police custody cells, transformed into hell (Report) 02/06/2023 10:18:14
During the month of May 2023, the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights visited 10 police stations: the police stations of Pétion-ville, Port-au-Prince, Delmas 33, Tabarre, Pointe-à-Raquette and Anse-à-galets ; the sub-police stations of Cazeau, Delmas 3 and Carrefour Cesselesse (Lilavois 48) as well as the police station of Gérald Bataille As of May 23, 2023, the Port-au-Prince Police Station had a effective of 92 people (38 women and 54 men kept in two small cells each with a maximum capacity of 10 people, without taking into account international standards in terms of deprivation of liberty, which require a minimum of 2.25m2 of floor space per person. These cells are cramped, dirty and give off nauseating odors, they were not built or fitted out with a view to keeping people over a long period... Some detainees have been kept at the police station for several months, or even more than a year by order of the Public Prosecutor's Office after being interviewed... Others are kept there by order of the Departmental Section of the Judicial Police... Download the RNDDH report - PDF in French) : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/3-CP-Commissariat.SousCommissariat.Ouest-01Juin2023-FR.pdf HL/ HaitiLibre
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