Monday Me Camille Junior Edouard, Minister of Justice and Michel Ange Gédéon, the Director a.i. of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) visited the police station of Petit-Goâve https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-17273-icihaiti-politic-the-minister-of-justice-on-the-ground.html where the two 30m2 cells serve of prison and in which pile up more than 150 people.

The Minister interacted with the prisoners who took the opportunity to inform him of their demands and denounce their poor conditions of detention "[...] in addition to abuse, lack of care and food and diseases we suffer, most of us have never been heard by a judge since 2 or 3 years or even 8 years for minor offenses [...]" https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15160-haiti-justice-horror-of-the-detention-in-petit-goave.html

The Minister deplored the subhuman conditions in which prisoners are, and demanded that they all undergo a health examination so that we know the real state of health of each of them, because many detainees appear to suffer from infections and other communicable diseases...

"I recommend to the Prosecutor and the Court of First Instance of Petit-Goâve (which was also visited by the Minister) to work hard for those who are victims of prolonged detention be released quickly," declared the Minister Édouard on Radio Préférence FM.

For his part, Michel-Ange Gédéon promised to provide the police station of human resources and materials needed to be able to fight insecurity and banditry in the region of Palmes "My field trip helped me to identify the needs of police officers in Petit-Goâve. I guarantee them that they can count on my cooperation and that of the Minister of Justice..."

Before leaving for the capital, the Minister and the Director of the PNH thanked the officers of the Minustah working in Petit-Goâve alongside the Haitian police officers.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-17273-icihaiti-politic-the-minister-of-justice-on-the-ground.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15160-haiti-justice-horror-of-the-detention-in-petit-goave.html

IH/ iciHaiti / Guyto Mathieu (Correspondant Petit-Goâve)