1. Cholera as a Human Rights Issue
(Matching tags: haitian national police, minustah, prisons, ijdh, idps, cholera, duvalier)

... drinking water, and cholera treatment, and subject to forced eviction and the threat of forced eviction, rape and gender-based violence, and general insecurity. Conditions in Haiti’s prisons are the focus ...

2. Reforming Reform: Judicial Edition
(Matching tags: usaid, un, prisons, justice system)

The Wall Street Journal reports on moves by the Senate Appropriations Committee to block some funding for criminal justice programs in Haiti following the massacre at the prison in Las Cayes. Dionne Searcey ...

3. UN Investigating Prison Massacre Examined in New York Times Report
(Matching tags: un, prisons, justice system)

The UN has announced it is investigating the killings of between 11 and 40 prison inmates in Les Cayes following the earthquake – an incident examined in a feature New York Times report over the weekend. ...