Following the failure of an escape attempt at the National Penitentiary on January 28, the Chief Inspector Gary Desrosiers, Deputy spokesperson for the Haitian National Police (PNH) revealed the results of the search carried out a few days after this attempt failed.

An impressive and disturbing assessment of the detainees' cells. During these meticulous searches, the agents of the Direction of the Penitentiary Administration (DAP) of the PNH, discovered and seized in various hiding places, in particular 3 firearms, 2 pistols of caliber 9 mm and a revolver of caliber 38, ammunition of different calibers, 166 white arms (124 punches or pikes, 37 knives and 5 machetes), more than a hundred sachets of drugs and a large package of marijuana, 24 mobile phones and 33 SIM cards...

Inspector Desrosiers announced that an investigation had been opened to determine like all these prohibited items, some of which feed a vast network of traffic in the prison center (including telephone and drugs), could have ended up in the hands of the detainees.

In addition to these seizures, the search led to the discovery of numerous documents for money transfers.

The PNH deplores the fact that the regulations related to systematic cell searches are not being respected and that the detainees probably benefit from complicity inside the penitentiary, which the investigation hopes to discover so that sanctions can be taken.

The PNH, aware of these shortcomings, announces that corrective measures will be taken so that such a situation cannot happen again.

TB/ HaitiLibre