Articles in the Health and Human Rights in Prisons Project (HHRPP) Category
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Straits Times
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti) — PRISONERS are dying in quake-hit Haiti’s largest jail due to ‘alarming’ conditions, human rights groups warned, saying that …
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by Justin T. Stewart
While there was enough chaos being caused as a result of Mother Nature on the country of Haiti with last year’s earthquake, …
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By Guy Adams, The Independent
The United Nations has launched an investigation into what it calls “major human-rights violations” at an overcrowded jail in …
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti is investigating reports that dozens of prisoners were shot during a jail riot soon after the …
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By DEBORAH SONTAG and WALT BOGDANICH, New York Times
LES CAYES, Haiti — When the earth shook violently on Jan. 12, the inmates in this southern …















