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Haiti - Politics : Prisons tour by the Minister of Justice
23/02/2017 08:11:55

Haiti - Politics : Prisons tour by the Minister of Justice

Wednesday, while more than 40 prisoners have died since the beginning of the year in prisons in Haiti, in appalling circumstances, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20157-haiti-flash-minustah-calls-on-authorities-to-take-urgent-measures.html Camille Jr. Édouard, the Minister of Justice visited prisons to inquire about the situation in which prisoners live [including lack of toilets in cells, food shortages, unsuitable water, care, presence of rats and insects in the cells, promoting the spread of diseases, insecurity and under effective of penitentiary agent https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20013-haiti-flash-nightmare-at-the-national-penitentiary.html ]

Minister Édouard, accompanied by: Himmler Rebu, Jean Danton Léger, Secretary of State for Public Security, of Jean Danton Léger, Government Commissioner for the Court of First Instance (TPI) of Port-au-Prince and Jean Gardy Muscadin, the Director of the Directorate of Prison Administration (DAP) visited the National Penitentiary and the Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison.

During these visits, the delegation met with the staff of these prisons, whose very high overcrowding rate https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20013-haiti-flash-nightmare-at-the-national-penitentiary.html causes a promiscuity which contributes to the deterioration of hygiene conditions for the detainees.

Minister Édouard reiterated his firm determination to continue working on alternatives to incarceration and a better distribution of prisoners in prison centers...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20157-haiti-flash-minustah-calls-on-authorities-to-take-urgent-measures.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-20064-icihaiti-justice-3-prisoners-die-of-hunger-in-the-prison-of-les-cayes.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20020-haiti-justice-a-law-proposition-to-improve-the-lives-of-prisoners.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20013-haiti-flash-nightmare-at-the-national-penitentiary.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13410-haiti-justice-haitian-penitentiary-system-welcome-to-hell.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19870-haiti-flash-new-wave-of-deaths-at-the-national-penitentiary.html

HL/ HaitiLibre



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