For several years, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) has been working to draw attention to the functioning of the country’s prisons. Many promises have been made by state authorities. However, the situation has not changed except that it is getting worse every day. Indeed, characterized by the denial of the most basic rights of the prison population, this situation causes enormous harm to persons imprisoned in particular and to the Haitian population in general.
Today, while the eyes are fixed on the various problems facing the society, the RNDDH intends once again to put the beam on the general conditions of detention and on the legal status of the prisoners.[…]