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Here is a picture of the newly created civil prison for women in Cabaret.

As per the Institute for Criminal Policy Research and MINUSTAH December 2015 statistics, considering an estimated national population of 10.78 million at the end of 2015, Haiti's prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population is 102. Haiti has an official capacity of 2,431 inmates in its prison system of 17 prisons with an occupancy level of 454.4%. The prison population for the December 2015 shows a number of 11,046 detainees and of that percentage, the share of pre-trial detainees and female prisoners are 70.9% and 4.1% respectively. The new prison will replace an outdated Pétion-ville prison with 50 inmate capacity which currently houses 305 prisoners. Moreover, the new prison will protect the privacy of the women prisoners, which is a definite matter of concern. Over 25% of women are being held without legal cause, and many of them wait anywhere from three to seven years before even going to trial.

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Haitian prisons are among the worst world-wide. Inmates are afflicted with lack of nutrition, mental disorders, and heart-related conditions.

Health and Human Rights in Prisons Project is an advocacy group, seeking to change conditions in the prison system. They provide healthcare services and legal aid to assure prisoners' cases are being properly handled by the Haitian justice system.

They insure medical treatment is consistent with good-care standards, and prison officials are informed about any transgressions of inmates' human rights.

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Prisons in Haiti possess some of the worst living conditions. Inmates are packed closely into a single room, where they huddle together on a cement floor. With no room to stretch out, they are forced to sleep in shifts. Their diets consist of gruel and little else.

They suffer from poor nutrition, mental ailments, and the possibility of heart attacks. They live in filth, occasionally hosed down. Their human rights are ignored and they are left to perish.

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Haitian Caribbean News Network, a pro Government news site has reported that Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been placed under house arrest. Also from the same source, the residence of former Haitian leader located in Tabarre will now be guarded by agents of the prison administration (APENA). Also, based on the last order issued by Judge Lamarre Belizaire, the perimeter of the residence will be under the control of the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ ).

Haitian Caribbean News Network also reported that from now on, only Judge Lamarre Belizaire could authorize anyone to visit Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in his residence in Tabarre.

Pawol Pale, Pawol Komprann!

Mezanmi, me sa ke mwin tande: Non selman ke Jean Bertrand Aristide pa ka pati kite peyi-a, konyè-a, li pa kapab kite lakay li non plis. Sa ponko fini. Li paka recevwa moun lakay li non plis si Jij Lamarre Belizaire pa aprouve.

Se yon sel ti problem mwin jinyin ak tout sa se sous koze yo. Koze sa soti nan sit web Haitian-Caribbean News Network ki ape dirije pa Guyler C. Delva. Anpil moun di ke Guy ape travay pou Gouvenman-an

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lawyer André Michel was arrested on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 on the road of Martissant by the National Police. this will likely cause revolt and demonstration from many sectors of the Haitian population, in particular members of the opposition. André Michel is a Human Rights Lawyer, who filed the corruption complaint against First Lady Sophia Martelly and her son Olivier

According to the report, the Human Rights Lawyer, police struggled to take Andre Michel from his car. André Michel requested the presence of his attorney which was not accorded. Many supporters were present during the arrest and started protesting by chanting against the Martelly administration.

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Fort Dimanche began as a prison when the French occupied the island before Haitian independence in 1804. Once the U.S. began occupying the island from 1915 to 1934, its military turned Fort Dimanche into a military compound.

During the 1950s Duvalier dictatorship, he used death squads and the prison became a detention center, where dissidents were jailed, tormented, and killed. Any political opponents caught trying to leave the country ended up at Fort Dimanche.

Fort Dimanche today has been designated a monument.

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A group of Baptist missionaries have been left to languish in a Haitian prison. They landed in Haiti soon after the quake hit.

Trying to be good Samaritans, they attempted to rescue 33 Haitian youngsters, who had been put into orphanages in the Dominican Republic. Haitian authorities caught them at the border and imprisoned them for abduction.

The U.S. government has not paid much attention to advocates for the missionaries. The missionaries are being left in the dark about U.S. motives.

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Here is a picture of two American citizen as they are spending time in Haiti jail for kidnapping Haitian children. The American missionaries are stating that the Haitian children were not kidnapped. Children are usually kidnapped for many reasons. They are often used for sex, slavery and other reasons

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Some people would say it can only happen in Haiti. Deputy Arnel Bélizaire was taken to jail upon arrival from a visit in France. He was accused for setting fire in a prison and consequently escaped following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

On the other hand, others are suspecting that the arrest has to do with an altercation that took place recently between president Michel Martelly and Deputy Arnel Bélizaire.

So far, the only thing we dan do is to follow the development of this issue

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born to Thembu royal family. Mandela studied from Fort Hare University and then received his law degree from University of Witwatersrand. His involvement with anti-colonial politics started when he was in Johannesburg and then joined the African National Congress and later became one of the founding members of the Youth League of ANC. In 1948, the National Party's Afrikaner nationalists came to power and started implementing apartheid policy against which Mandela stood in Defiance Campaign of 1952 and became a prominent figure.

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