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Did Haitian Police Murder Over a Dozen Unarmed Prisoners?
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2010
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2010, page 32
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Prisoners-International,
Wrongful Death,
Police--Excessive Force,
Excessive Force (Police).
Location:
Haiti.
On January 12, 2010, Haiti suffered a major earthquake that killed more than 230,000 people and, as a side effect, allowed thousands of prisoners to escape from the country’s most secure lock-up, the national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince. Les Cayes, Haiti’s third largest city, took less damage, though ...
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