New York Times
An inde­pen­dent com­mis­sion of inquiry into the Jan. 19 killings of a dozen or more inmates at a prison in Les Cayes, Haiti, was formally …

By Alice Speri, Women’s Inter­na­tional Perspective

• Out­side the National Pen­i­ten­tiary in Port-au-Prince. Pho­to­graph cour­tesy of the author. •

Eleven-year-old Car­men Suze quar­reled with a …

By Veronika Oleksyn, Asso­ci­ated Press
The U.N.‘s top inves­ti­ga­tor on tor­ture and pun­ish­ment warned Fri­day that over­crowded pris­ons are breed­ing grounds for AIDS.
Often, inmates are held in …

By Clarens Renois, Asso­ci­ated Press
Haiti’s pris­ons are over­flow­ing with inmates for­got­ten by the author­i­ties since the Jan­u­ary 12 earth­quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The inmates at Haiti’s only …

Inter­na­tional Com­mit­tee of the Red Cross
Five months after the earth­quake struck, hun­dreds of thou­sands of Haitians are still suf­fer­ing hard­ship. Those deprived of their free­dom are …

The Jamaica Observer
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A human rights group here says that more than 50 chil­dren are cur­rently sub­jected to harsh treat­ment in jails in …

Expatica.com
Con­di­tions in two of Haiti’s main jails are “cruel, inhu­man and degrad­ing”, with severe over­crowd­ing after pris­ons were dam­aged in an earth­quake in Jan­u­ary, a …

AFP
PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least 58 chil­dren are lan­guish­ing in Hait­ian jails on the heels of the Jan­u­ary earth­quake that dev­as­tated the cap­i­tal area, a rights …

By DIONNE SEARCEY, Wall Street Jour­nal
A plan before a con­gres­sional panel that is intended to prod the Hait­ian gov­ern­ment to clean up its jus­tice sys­tem could …

By Deb­o­rah Son­tag, New York Times
The Hait­ian gov­ern­ment and the United Nations are estab­lish­ing a joint com­mis­sion of inquiry into the Jan. 19 killings of a …