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Haiti Has Lowest Inmate Per Capita in Caribbean and 70% Await Trial | Haiti Chery

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Two articles from the Haitian press. The first, from Haiti Libre, is a reminder that Haiti has the lowest per-capita number of prison inmates in the Caribbean, at a rate of 55 per 100,000. The second, from AlterPresse(translated from the French by Dady Chery), is based on a human rights organization's report. It highlights the fact that 70% of those incarcerated have never been tried and demands that their rights be respected.
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Dady Chery grew up at the heart of an extended working-class family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She emigrated to New York when she was fourteen and since then has traveled throughout the world and lived in Europe and several North American cities. She (more...)
 
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